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Blood Work – Life and Laboratories in Penang: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures

Autor Janet Carsten
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iul 2019
Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia, showing how those meanings provide a gateway to understanding the social, political, and cultural dynamics of modern life.
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ISBN-13: 9781478004813
ISBN-10: 1478004819
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 23 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
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Cuprins

Foreword / Thomas Gibson ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
The Public Life of Blood I: Donation in the News 35
1. Blood Donation 43
The Public Life of Blood II: Newspapers and Laboratory Life 75
2. Lab Spaces and People: Categories and Distinctions at Work 79
The Public Life of Blood III: Elections and Their Aftermath 116
3. The Work of the Labs 125
The Public Life of Blood IV: Medical, Supernatural, and Moral Matters 158
4. "Work is Just Part of the Job": Ghosts, Food, and Relatedness in the Labs 165
Conclusion 200
Notes 209
References 217
Index 233

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