Mosquito trails : ecology, health, and the politics of entanglement / / Alex M. Nading

• Autore: Nading Alexander M., III, <1979->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.5/8852097285
• Soggetto topico: Dengue; Dengue viruses
• Soggetto geografico: Nicaragua
• Soggetto non controllato: animal borne illness; community health workers; dengue endemic communities; dengue fever; dengue virus; diagnosis; disease; economic change; ethnographic research; experiments; fever; global health; global pandemic; health care; high fever; illness; medical anthropology; medical conditions; medical; mosquito borne disease; mosquito; political change; political ecology; poverty; science and math; science; skin rash; technology; the politics of entanglement; theoretical; tropical disease; urban nicaragua; virus
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Acronyms -- Introduction: Dengue in the Landscape -- One. City of Emergencies -- Two. Patrons, Clients, and Parasites -- Three. House holding and Evangelical Ecology -- Four. Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores -- Five. Stories of Surveillance and Participation -- Six. Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Dengue fever is the world's most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health approaches to animal-borne illness, Mosquito Trails tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval. Blending theory from medical anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology studies, Nading develops the concept of "the politics of entanglement" to describe how Nicaraguans strive to remain alive to the world around them despite global health strategies that seek to insulate them from their environments. This innovative ethnography illustrates the continued significance of local environmental histories, politics, and household dynamics to the making and unmaking of a global pandemic.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mosquito trails
• ISBN: 0-520-95856-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786771703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II