Body politics in the postcolony : global health and local governance in rural Malawi
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation is concerned with the governmental effects of the technocratic, often avowedly apolitical choices that inform the design and implementation of public health initiatives in postcolonial Africa. It seeks to shed light on the interactions between the mutual making of 'global health' and 'local' authority in specific national historical context and the consequences of these processes for ordinary people's lived experiences as beneficiaries, recipients, participants in, 'targets' of health promotion, and as citizens. The dissertation is based on 18 months of ethnographic and archival research on rural health promotion in Malawi. Specific chapters address the intersections of global health initiatives and local governance in the areas of home hygiene promotion and sanitation surveillance, maternal health, community participation in primary health care, and vaccine refusals.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | West, Anna Magdalena |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Anthropology. |
| Primary advisor | Ferguson, James |
| Thesis advisor | Ferguson, James |
| Thesis advisor | Hansen, Thomas |
| Thesis advisor | Malkki, Liisa H. (Liisa Helena) |
| Advisor | Hansen, Thomas |
| Advisor | Malkki, Liisa H. (Liisa Helena) |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Anna Magdalena West. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Anthropology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2016 by Anna Magdalena West
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