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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Main Author: Brotherton, Pierre Sean 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2012
Series:Experimental futures
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 256 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9780822395140
0822395142

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