Viruses and reproductive injustice : Zika in Brazil / Ilana Löwy.

  • Löwy, Ilana, 1948-
Date:
2024
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Zika in Brazil

Description

"The author provides a critical, historically-informed book about the Zika pandemic and how it connects to broad questions reproductive rights and justice"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.

Physical description

xvii, 273 pages ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-268) and index.

Contents

Introduction. Framing an Epidemic -- 1. Viruses and Mosquitoes: from Yellow Fever to Zika -- 2. Fetuses: Women, Doctors, and the Law -- 3. Surprises: "I've never seen anything like this" -- 4. Zika in Brazil: Producing Partial Knowledge -- 5. Stratified Reproduction: Class, Ethnicity, and Risk -- 6. Mães de Micro: Zika and Maternal Care -- 7. After Zika: Open Questions, Complex Legacy -- Conclusion. Embodied Inequality.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FF.793
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781421447919
  • 1421447916