Mohammed Tabishat

Gebundenes Buch

Moral Discourse of Health in Modern Cairo

Persons, Bodies, and Organs

Beschreibung

InThe Moral Discourse of Health in Modern Cairo: Persons, Bodies, and Organs, Mohammed Tabishat uses anthropological descriptive methods and discourse analytic perspectives to focus on health care practices in a holistic fashion aimed at preserving and improving life in contemporary Cairo. Tabishat employs therapeutic data as a complex index mirroring the existing relations of power and the various ways they are involved in maintaining and challenging the social order.

Autor

Mohammed Tabishat is assistant professor of socio-cultural anthropology at The American University in Cairo. His work explores how health care systems constitute indexes for social structure and cultural change. He has conducted fieldwork in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780739179796
• ISBN-10: 0739179799
• Artikelnr.: 40187641