The republic of therapy : triage and sovereignty in West Africa's time of AIDS / Vinh-Kim Nguyen.

  • Nguyen, Vinh-Kim.
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2010
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Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.

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xi, 237 pages ; 25 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Testimonials that bind : organizing communities with HIV -- Confessional technologies : conjuring the self -- Soldiers of God : together and apart -- Life itself : triage and therapeutic citizenship -- Biopower : fevers, tribes, and bulldozers -- The crisis : economies, warriors, and the erosion of sovereignty -- Uses and pleasures : the republic inside out.

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    History of Medicine
    FEJ.14
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  • 9780822348627
  • 0822348624
  • 9780822348740
  • 0822348748