Representing ebola : culture, law, and public discourse about the 2013-2015 West Africa ebola outbreak / / Marouf A. Hasian Jr
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 614.5/7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ebola virus disease - Treatment |
| Ebola virus disease - Prevention | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa, Western |
| United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Representing Ebola addresses the legal and cultural facets of the latest West African Ebola outbreak for both an academic and general audience. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Representing ebola |
| ISBN: | 1-61147-957-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798309603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities.