LEADER 04399nam 22006495 450 001 9910510533603321 005 20240724135452.0 010 $a9789811667640$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789811667633 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-16-6764-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6819111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6819111 035 $a(CKB)19956415600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1287132358 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-16-6764-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919956415600041 100 $a20211129d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Power of Parasites $eMalaria as (un)conscious strategy /$fby Dalia Iskander 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Iskander, Dalia The Power of Parasites Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2021 9789811667633 327 $aChapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Practices of Oppression -- Chapter 3 Practices of Progress -- Chapter 4 Practices of Development -- Chapter 5 Practices of Professionalization -- Chapter 6 Practices of Equilibrium -- Chapter 7 Conclusion. 330 $a'This beautifully written account deftly moves between scales and registers to dive into specifics of practices that shape what malaria is, and how this has come to be. Iskander's impressive contribution with this book is to explicate malaria as a particular bio-social phenomenon: how the non-human world affects change, such that human-defined interventions to target parasites in turn target human relations. The book will be of interest to all scholars of global health as well as medical anthropologists.' -Clare Chandler, Professor in Medical Anthropology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 'This book illustrates how malaria is intertwined into Philippine history and the lives of people afflicted by the disease even into this second millennium. Malaria agencies need to listen to the experiences of people described in this book. It is an important read for anthropology and public health students and professionals, and for anyone who wishes to understand local disease practices.' -Dr Effie Espino, Medical Specialist IV, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Health, Philippines This book describes how malaria both frustrates and facilitates life for Indigenous Pa?lawan communities living in the forested foothills of the municipality of Bataraza on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Tracing the arc of malaria on the archipelago from colonial encounters to the present day, it examines the ways in which malaria parasites have become entangled in contemporary lives. It uniquely explores the experiences of local government leaders working towards sustainably developing this last ecological frontier, health workers trying to meet international targets to eliminate malaria, and Pa?lawan people trying to keep their bodies, social relations and the cosmos in careful balance. In exquisite detail, Dr Dalia Iskander shows how malaria emerged from, and was intrinsic to, a whole host of strategically-orientated social practices that were enacted in as well as around the disease's name, as people worked day-to-day to gain power in different guises in different arenas. 606 $aMedical anthropology 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aSocial medicine 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aMedical sciences 606 $aMedical Anthropology 606 $aScience and Technology Studies 606 $aMedical Sociology 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aHealth Sciences 615 0$aMedical anthropology. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSocial medicine. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aMedical sciences. 615 14$aMedical Anthropology. 615 24$aScience and Technology Studies. 615 24$aMedical Sociology. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aHealth Sciences. 676 $a306.09599 700 $aIskander$b Dalia$01068820 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910510533603321 996 $aThe Power of Parasites$92553798 997 $aUNINA