Marked women : the cultural politics of cervical cancer in Venezuela /

Marked women : the cultural politics of cervical cancer in Venezuela /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martínez, Rebecca G. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Cervix uteri > Cancer > Social aspects > Venezuela.
Cervix uteri > Cancer > Political aspects > Venezuela.
Women's health services > Venezuela.
Poor women > Medical care > Venezuela.
Cancer > Patients > Venezuela > Social conditions.
Medical anthropology > Venezuela.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Caracas, Venezuela : on arrival
  • Hospitals, patients, and doctors
  • The ambiguities of risk : morality, hygiene, and "the other"
  • Targeting women : bodies out of "control," public health and the body politic
  • The hospital encounter : bodies marked, mended, and manipulated
  • Women's agency & resilience : the way I want to be treated
  • Epilogue : from neoliberalism to Chávez.

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