Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-314) and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Anthropology and the Large Impact of Small Worlds Chapter 1. Defining the Anthropology of Infectious Disease: Toward a Biocultural/Biosocial Understanding Chapter 2. Denizens of the Microbial World Chapter 3. More than Human Chapter 4. Environmental Disruption, Pluralea Processes, and Infectious Diseases Chapter 5. Emergent, Re-emergent and Drug Resistance Infectious Agents Chapter 6. Infectious Disease Syndemics Chapter 7. Inequality and the Political Ecology and Future of Infections Glossary References Index About the Author.
Contents:
Introduction: Anthropology and the Large Impact of Small Worlds -- Chapter 1. Defining the Anthropology of Infectious Disease: Toward a Biocultural/Biosocial Understanding -- Chapter 2. Denizens of the Microbial World -- Chapter 3. More than Human -- Chapter 4. Environmental Disruption, Pluralea Processes, and Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 5. Emergent, Re-emergent and Drug-resistant Infectious Agents -- Chapter 6. Infectious Disease Syndemics -- Chapter 7. Inequality, Political Ecology, and Future of Infectious Diseases.
Summary:
"This book synthesizes the flourishing field of anthropology of infectious disease in a critical, biocultural framework. Leading medical anthropologist Merrill Singer holistically unites the behaviors of microorganisms and the activities of complex social systems, showing how we exist with pathogenic agents of disease in a complex process of co-evolution. He also connects human diseases to larger ecosystems and various other species that are future sources of new human infections. Anthropology of Infectious Disease integrates and advances research in this growing, multifaceted area and offers an ideal supplement to courses in anthropology, public health, development studies, and related fields"-- Provided by publisher.
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