The Anthropology of Infectious Disease: International Health Perspectives (ICC Publication)

512 Pages·1998·12.906 MB·English

by  Peter J. Brown, Marcia C. Inhorn

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The Anthropology
of Infectious Disease
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
A series edited by
Susan M. DiGiacomo
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Editorial Board
H. Kris Heggenhougen
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Daniel E. Moerman
University of Michigan, Dearborn
R. Brooke Thomas
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
International Advisory Board
Joan Ablon, George Armelagos, Hans Baer, Peter Brown, Xdchitl Castaneda,
Deborah Gordon, Xdchitl Herrera, Thavitong Hongvivatana, Judith Justice,
Montasser Kamal, Charles Leslie, Shirley Lindenbaum, Margaret Lock,
Setha Low, Harriet Ngubane, Mark Nichter, Duncan Pedersen, Tom Ots,
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Merrill Singer
Founding Editor
Libbet Crandon-Malamudt
Volume 1
Hippocrates' Latin American Legacy:
Humoral Medicine in the New World
George M. Foster
Volume 2
Forbidden Narratives:
Critical Autobiography as Social Science
Kathryn Church
Volume 3
Anthropology and International Health:
Asian Case Studies
Mark Nichter and Mimi Nichter
Volume 4
The Anthropology of Infectious Disease:
International Health Perspectives
Edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown
This book is part of a series. The publisher will accept continuation orders which may be
cancelled at any time and which provide for automatic billing and shipping of each title in the
series upon publication. Please write for details.
The Anthropology
of Infectious Disease
International Health Perspectives
Edited by
Marcia C. Inborn
and
Peter J. Brown
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
O Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group
LONDON AND NEW YORK
Copyright © 1997 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. Published
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First published 1997
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
The anthropology of infectious disease : international
health perspectives. - (Theory and practice in medical
anthropology and international health ; v. 4)
1. Communicable diseases 2. Medical anthropology
I. Inhorn, Marcia C. II. Brown, Peter J.
306.4'61
ISBN 90-5699-556-1
Printed and bound by Antony Rowe Ltd, Eastbourne
In memory of Libbet Crandon-Malamud
founding editor
of this medical anthropology book series
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Contributors xiii
One Anthropologies
1. Introduction
Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown 3
2. The Anthropology of Infectious Disease
Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown 31
Two Histories
3. Dangerous Dirt: Paleopathology of Valley Fever
and the Biopolitics of Race
William R. Harrison 71
4. A New Look at an Old Disease: Smallpox
and Biotechnology
Carol Shepherd McClain 97
5. Culture and the Global Resurgence of Malaria
Peter J, Brown 119
Three Methods
6. The Household Ecology of Disease Transmission:
Dengue Fever in the Dominican Republic
Jeannine Coreil, Linda Whiteford and Diego Salazar 143
7. Infertility, Infection, and Iatrogenesis in Egypt:
The Anthropological Epidemiology of Blocked Tubes
Marcia C. Inhorn and Kimberly A. Buss 173
viii Contents
8. Key Informants, Pile Sorts, or Surveys? Comparing
Behavioral Research Methods for the Study of Acute
Respiratory Infections in West Bengal
Karabi Bhattacharyya 211
Four Ethnographies
9. "Digestive Worms": Ethnomedical Approaches
to Intestinal Parasitism in Southern Ethiopia
NorbertL. Vecchiato 239
10. Illness Semantics and International Health: The Weak
Lungs-Tuber culosis Complex in the Philippines
MarkNichter 267
11. The Sitala Syndrome: The Cultural Context of Measles
Mortality in Pakistan
Dorothy S. Mull 299
12. Knowing Pneumonia: Mothers, Doctors, and Sick
Children in Pakistan
Sara H. Cody, J. Dennis Mull and Dorothy S. Mull 331
Five Political Economies
13. "Prostitution," "Risk," and "Responsibility": Paradigms
of AIDS Prevention and Women's Identities
in Thika, Kenya
Karina Kielmann 375
14. Ethnography, Social Analysis, and the Prevention
of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infections Among
Poor Women in Haiti
Paul Farmer 413
15. "I'm Not Dog, No!": Cries of Resistance Against
Cholera Control Campaigns in Brazil
Marilyn K. Nations and Cristina G. Monte 439
Index 483
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and International Health
seeks to promote works of direct relevance to anthropologically informed
international health issues, practice, and policy. It aims to bridge medical
anthropology—both biological and cultural—with international public
health, social medicine, and sociomedical sciences. The series' theoretical
scope is intentionally flexible, incorporating the most current advances in
social science theory, while its topical breadth ranges from specific issues
to contemporary debates to practical applications informed by current
anthropological theory. The distinguishing characteristic of this new series
is its emphasis on cultural aspects of medicine and their links to larger
social contexts and concrete applicability of the anthropological endeavor.