Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Livingston Julie
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1096883; 968.8303
• Soggetto topico: Asthenia; Body, Human; Health aspects; Public health; Social aspects; Social change; Social change - Health aspects - Botswana; Human body - Social aspects - Botswana; Public health - Botswana; Asthenia - Botswana; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Social Conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Themes and Orientation; 1. Family Matters and Money Matters; 2. Public Health and Developing Persons; 3. Male Migration and the Pluralization of Medicine; 4. Increasing Autonomy, Entangled Therapeutics,and Hidden Wombs; 5. Postcolonial Development and Constrained Care; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating disease, and accident. Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana documents how transformations wrought by colonialism, independence, industrialization, and development have effected changes in bodily life and perceptions of health, illness, and debility. In this intimate and powerful book, Julie Livingston explores the l
• Titolo autorizzato: Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana
• ISBN: 1-282-07251-X; 0-253-11149-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784579703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II