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Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia, showing how those meanings provide a gateway to understanding the social, political, and cultural dynamics of modern life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carsten, Janet (Author)
Other Authors: Gibson, Thomas (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz > Deutschland > Krankenhaus > Grimmen
Medizinisches Labor
Blutspende
Blut
Symbolik
Ethnizität
Verwandtschaft
Labormedizin
Sozialanthropologie
Blood > Symbolic aspects.
Blood > Social aspects.
Blood > Religious aspects.
Blood donors.
Blood > Collection and preservation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Sang > Collecte et conservation > Malaisie > Pulau Pinang (État)
Sang > Aspect religieux.
Sang > Aspect social > Malaisie > Pulau Pinang (État)
Sang > Aspect symbolique.
Blood donors > Malaysia > Pulau Pinang (State)
Blood > Collection and preservation > Malaysia > Pulau Pinang (State)
Blood > Social aspects > Malaysia > Pulau Pinang (State)
Pinang
Malaysia
Malaysia > Pulau Pinang (State)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia, showing how those meanings provide a gateway to understanding the social, political, and cultural dynamics of modern life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781478005698

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