Ebola, Culture and Politics The Anthropology

The case studies in this new, acclaimed series illustrate the great value of anthropology in understanding and addressing problems faced by human societies around the world. Each case study examines an issue of socially recognized importance in the historical, geographical, and cultural context of a particular region of the world and includes comparative analysis to highlight not only the local effects of globalization but also the global dimensions of the issue. With readable narrative styles and an engagement with people that goes beyond that of observer and researcher, these anthropologists describe how their work has implications for advocacy, community action, and policy formation. Book jacket.

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Images and First Contact	p. 1
What is Ebola?	p. 3
First Contact	p. 6
What is Culture?	p. 13
Key Questions	p. 15
Organization of the Book	p. 16
What's New?	p. 17
Terminology	p. 18
Outbreak Ethnography: The Anthropologist's Toolkit	p. 19
Field Conditions	p. 19
The Relationship between Theory and Methods	p. 26
What Did We Do m the Field?	p. 32
Indigenous Knowledge about Epidemics: Uganda 2000-2001	p. 37
Background on Ugandan Outbreak	p. 38
Cultural Models	p. 41
Issues of Concern to National and International Teams	p. 54
Intracultural Variability	p. 59
Conclusions	p. 61
Providing Humanitarian Care: Congo 2003	p. 63
Background on Congo Outbreak	p. 64
First Days in the Field	p. 66
Cultural Models	p. 69
Issues of Concern to National and International Teams	p. 77
Intracultural Variability	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 87
Facing Death and Somatization: Healthcare Workers and Survivors	p. 89
Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers	p. 90
Survivors	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 102
Ebola Outbreaks, Past and Present	p. 103
Yarnbuku, DR Congo (1976)	p. 103
Kikwit, DR Congo (1995)	p. 105
Yambio, Sudan (2004)	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 110
Outbreak Control	p. 111
Beliefs and Practices within the Community	p. 112
Beliefs and Practices from Outside the Community	p. 124
Conclusions	p. 128
Explaining Human Responses to Acute High-Mortality Epidemics	p. 131
Anthropological and Historical Studies of Human Responses to Epidemics	p. 131
An Evolutionary Biocultural Model	p. 138
Conclusions	p. 151
Policy, Bioterrorism, and Bird Flu	p. 153
Policy Issues	p. 154
Ebola as a Bioterrorist Weapon and the Threat of a Bird Flu Pandemic	p. 158
Reflections	p. 164
	p. 165
	p. 169
References Cited	p. 171
Index	p. 179
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Ebola, Culture and Politics The Anthropology of an Emerging Disease

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