Mosquito trails : ecology, health, and the politics of entanglement /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nading, Alexander M., III, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Dengue > Nicaragua > Personal narratives.
Environmental health > Nicaragua > Personal narratives.
Health attitudes > Nicaragua > Personal narratives.
Politics, Practical > Nicaragua > Personal narratives.
Dengue.
Environmental health.
Politics, Practical.
Dengue
Environmental Health
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Politics
Dengue > Nicaragua > Récits personnels.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé > Nicaragua > Récits personnels.
Hygiène du milieu.
Politique.
politics.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Environmental health
Health attitudes
Politics, Practical
Nicaragua
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • City of emergencies
  • Patrons, clients, and parasites
  • Householding and evangelical ecology
  • Mosquitos, madres, y moradores
  • Knowledge
  • Stories of surveillance and participation
  • Dengue season in the city of emergencies.

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