Dengue mosquitoes are single mothers: Biopolitics Meets Ecological Aesthetics in Nicaraguan Community Health Work

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-596

  Nading, Alex M ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Biopolitics; Dengue; health; Human animal relations; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869010774     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2012.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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