Shir Lerman Ginzburg

Taking Health to the Streets in Puerto Rico

Resisting Gastronomic, Psychiatric, and Diabetes Colonialism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the role of colonization on diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico and highlights the role of health activism in combating colonial legacies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781666922073
• ISBN-10: 1666922072
• Artikelnr.: 67185264

Autorenporträt

By Shir Lerman Ginzburg

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Individual and the Historical
Chapter 1 Gastronomic Colonization: The Politics of Food Insecurity
Chapter 2 Melancholy and Power[lessness]: Depression in the Age of
Colonization
Chapter 3 Diabetes: The Pissing Evile
Part II: The Social and the Structural
Chapter 4 Loved and Loathed: Structural Health and Politics in Puerto Rico
Chapter 5 Biological Violence
Chapter 6 Health in the Streets: Taking Action for Puerto Rico