Mosquito Trails : Ecology, Health, and the Politics of Entanglement /

Dengue fever is the world's most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nading, Alex M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2014]
Temas:
Dengue > Personal narratives > Nicaragua.
Dengue > Nicaragua.
Environmental health > Personal narratives > Nicaragua.
Health attitudes > Personal narratives > Nicaragua.
Mosquitoes > Nicaragua > Public opinion.
Politics, Practical > Personal narratives > Nicaragua.
Public health personnel > Nicaragua > Attitudes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Guide to Acronyms
  • Introduction: Dengue in the Landscape
  • One. City of Emergencies
  • Two. Patrons, Clients, and Parasites
  • Three. House holding and Evangelical Ecology
  • Four. Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores
  • Five. Stories of Surveillance and Participation
  • Six. Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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