SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIVES OF IMMUNE SYSTEMS by James M. Wilce (Editor) ( 9780415310055 )

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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIVES OF IMMUNE SYSTEMS

By:

James M. Wilce (Editor)

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0415310059

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9780415310055

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

3 April, 2003

Series:

Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology

Pages:

328

Description:

This book introduces a provocative new branch of social theory: the hypothesis that immunity and disease are in part socially constituted. It suggests that immune systems function not only as material entities but also as social symbols.

Synopsis:

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems introduces a provocative new hypothesis in medico-social theory - the theory that immunity and disease are in part socially constituted. It argues that immune systems function not just as biological entities but also as symbolic concepts charged with political significance. Bridging elements of psychology, sociology, body theory, immunology and medical anthropology, twelve papers from leading scholars explain some of the health-hazards of emotional and social pressure, whilst analysing the semiotic and social responses to the imagery of immunity.

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8 tables, 24 b&w line drawings

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Routledge

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