Body and soul : the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination / Alondra Nelson.

  • Nelson, Alondra
Date:
[2011], ©2011
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Publication/Creation

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xviii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction : serving the people body and soul -- African American responses to medical discrimination before 1966 -- Origins of Black Panther Party health activism -- The people's free medical clinics -- Spin doctors : the politics of sickle cell anemia -- As American as cherry pie : contesting the biologization of violence -- Conclusion : race and health in the post-civil rights era.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CBZ.6
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780816676484
  • 0816676488
  • 9780816676491
  • 0816676496