Disease, Risk, and Contagion: French Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of “African” Bodies

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 455-466

  Sargent, Carolyn ^a   Larchanché, Stéphanie ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Bioethics; Chronic illness; Immigration; Infectious disease; Risk group

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ART; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRANT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; RACISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACCULTURATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, WESTERN; BODY IMAGE; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; RACISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84918554089     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-014-9578-4     Document Type: Article

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