LEADER 04085nam 22006973 450 001 9910838209203321 005 20230504135148.0 010 $a1-5036-3413-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503634138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30227006 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30227006 035 $a(CKB)25299101800041 035 $a(DE-B1597)632967 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503634138 035 $a(OCoLC)1350686524 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925299101800041 100 $a20221112d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEpidemic Orientalism $eRace, Capital, and the Governance of Infectious Disease 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBielefeld :$cStanford University Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: White, Alexandre I. R. Epidemic Orientalism Bielefeld : Stanford University Press,c2023 9781503634121 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 Epidemic Orientalism --$t2 The International Sanitary Conventions at a Colonial Scale --$t3 Epidemics under the WHO --$t4 The Battle to Police Disease --$t5 Epidemics, Power, and the Global Management of Disease Risk --$t6 Pricing Pandemics --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aFor many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epidemic. This is in part due to a series of little-known regulations that have aimed to protect the global north from epidemic threats for the last two centuries, starting with International Sanitary Conferences in 1851 and culminating in the present with the International Health Regulations, which organize epidemic responses through the World Health Organization. Unlike other equity-focused global health initiatives, their mission?to establish "the maximum protections from infectious disease with the minimum effect on trade and traffic"?has remained the same since their founding. Using this as his starting point, Alexandre White reveals the Western capitalist interests, racism and xenophobia, and political power plays underpinning the regulatory efforts that came out of the project to manage the international spread of infectious disease. He examines how these regulations are formatted; how their framers conceive of epidemic spread; and the types of bodies and spaces it is suggested that these regulations map onto. Proposing a modified reinterpretation of Edward Said's concept of orientalism, White invites us to consider "epidemic orientalism" as a framework within which to explore the imperial and colonial roots of modern epidemic disease control. 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention$xInternational cooperation$xHistory 606 $aEpidemics$xPrevention$xInternational cooperation$xHistory 606 $aImperialism$xHealth aspects$xHistory 606 $aPublic health$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 606 $aRacism$xHealth aspects$xHistory 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues$2bisacsh 610 $aCOVID-19. 610 $aDisease. 610 $aEpidemics. 610 $aGlobal Health. 610 $aImperialism. 610 $aPandemic. 610 $aPost-colonial theory. 610 $aWorld Health Organization. 610 $acapital. 610 $aracism. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention$xInternational cooperation$xHistory. 615 0$aEpidemics$xPrevention$xInternational cooperation$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism$xHealth aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic health$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism$xHealth aspects$xHistory. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues. 676 $a614.409 700 $aWhite$b Alexandre I. R$01730535 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838209203321 996 $aEpidemic Orientalism$94141750 997 $aUNINA