UID:
almafu_9959677591802883
Format:
1 online resource (429 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-29226-2
,
9786613292261
,
0-8223-9419-7
Series Statement:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Content:
The first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in Latin America demonstrates that in addition to being a biological phenomenon disease is also a social construction effected by rhetoric, politics, and the daily life of its victims.
Note:
Description based on print version record
,
People with tuberculosis looking for cures -- From being sick to becoming a patient -- Unruly and well-adjusted patients -- The fight against tuberculosis and the culture of hygiene -- The obsession with contagion -- A disease of excesses -- Immigration, race, and tuberculosis -- A female disease -- Forging the healthy body : physical education, soccer, childhood, and tuberculosis -- Tuberculosis and regeneration : imagined cities, green spaces, and hygienic housing.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-5012-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-4999-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822394198
