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Blood Work

Autor Janet Carsten
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iul 2019
Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia, showing how those meanings provide a gateway to understanding the social, political, and cultural dynamics of modern life.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781478004813
ISBN-10: 1478004819
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 23 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Duke University Press

Cuprins

Foreword / Thomas Gibson  ix
Acknowledgments  xiii
Introduction  1
The Public Life of Blood I: Donation in the News  35
1. Blood Donation  43
The Public Life of Blood II: Newspapers and Laboratory Life  75
2. Lab Spaces and People: Categories and Distinctions at Work  79
The Public Life of Blood III: Elections and Their Aftermath  116
3. The Work of the Labs  125
The Public Life of Blood IV: Medical, Supernatural, and Moral Matters  158
4. "Work is Just Part of the Job": Ghosts, Food, and Relatedness in the Labs  165
Conclusion  200
Notes  209
References  217
Index  233