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
Autor principal: Cazdyn, Eric M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Globalisering > sociala aspekter.
Kapitalism > sociala aspekter.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Health aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Electronic books.
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 (239 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822395232

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