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Venkat Bharat Jayram <1984-> |
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Titolo |
At the Limits of Cure |
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Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Collana |
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Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tuberculosis - India - History - 20th century |
Tuberculosis - India - Prevention |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Incurability of Fantasy -- To Cure an Earthquake -- Cure Is Elsewhere -- From Ash to Antibiotic -- Wax and Wane -- After the Romance Is Over -- India after Antibiotics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on historical and ethnographic research on tuberculosis in India, Bharat Jayram Venkat explores what it means to be cured and what it means for a cure to be partial, temporary, or selectively effective. |
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