The already dead : the new time of politics, culture, and illness /

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This book considers how a culture of crisis management-what Cazdyn calls ""the new chronic""--Has come to dominate all aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. Drawing from his own experiences battling leukemia and the subsequent effects of his ill...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cazdyn, Eric M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
Temas:
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Health aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Capitalism > Social aspects
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Globalization > Health aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
Kapitalism > sociala aspekter.
Globalisering > sociala aspekter.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book considers how a culture of crisis management-what Cazdyn calls ""the new chronic""--Has come to dominate all aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. Drawing from his own experiences battling leukemia and the subsequent effects of his illness on the process of becoming a Canadian citizen, Cazdyn unravels the logic of the new chronic where people find themselves suspended in a space between life and death
Descripción Física:1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822395232
0822395231
1280487194
9781280487194

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