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Autore |
Hasian Marouf A., Jr. |
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Titolo |
Representing ebola : culture, law, and public discourse about the 2013-2015 West Africa ebola outbreak / / Marouf A. Hasian Jr |
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Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ebola virus disease - Treatment |
Ebola virus disease - Prevention |
Africa, Western |
United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Arguing about the Cultural and the Legal Meanings of the 2013-2015 West African Ebola Outbreak; Chapter 2. NGO Organizational Tales, the Discovery of "Patient Zero," and MSF's Stories about the Origins of the 2013-2015 West African Ebola Outbreak; Chapter 3. The Legal and Ethical Duties That Are Owed to "Contact Tracers" and Other West African Volunteers; Chapter 4. The Saga of Kaci Hickox and the Nature, Scope, and Limits of Human Rights Discourses in Ebola Contexts |
Chapter 5. The IMF, the World Bank, and Debates about the Role of Political Economy in Ebola Outbreak ContextsChapter 6. Anticipating the Ebola Apocalypse and American Mediascapes; Chapter 7. Liberia's 2014 Autoimmunization of the West Point Suburb and the Return of the Colonial Cordon Sanitaire; Chapter 8. Belated Military Humanitarianism and American "Ebola Exceptionalism" during the West African Ebola Outbreak; Chapter 9. The Legal and Cultural Legacies of the 2013-2015 West African Outbreak; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Representing Ebola addresses the legal and cultural facets of the latest West African Ebola outbreak for both an academic and general |
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