Revolutionary medicine: health and the body in post-Soviet Cuba

Introduction -- Bodies in states of crisis -- Biopolitics in the "special period" -- The biopolitics of health -- Expanding therapeutic itineraries -- Socialist governmentality, public health, and risk -- Medicalized subjectivities -- Curing the ills of society -- Preventative strategies a...

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1. Verfasser: Brotherton, Pierre Sean 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2012
Schriftenreihe:Experimental futures
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Bodies in states of crisis -- Biopolitics in the "special period" -- The biopolitics of health -- Expanding therapeutic itineraries -- Socialist governmentality, public health, and risk -- Medicalized subjectivities -- Curing the ills of society -- Preventative strategies and productive bodies -- We have to think like capitalists but continue being socialists -- Turismo y salud, S.A. : the rise of social entrepreneurs -- My doctor keeps the lights on -- Bodies entangled in history
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 256 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9780822395140
0822395142