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Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge
Steve Kroll-Smith
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Description for Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge
Paperback. The dramatic story of human bodies that no longer behave in a manner modern medicine can predict and control Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH2; MMR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Gulf War Syndrome: Is It a Real Disease? asks a recent headline in the New York Times. This question—are certain diseases real?—lies at the heart of a simmering controversy in the United States, a debate that has raged, in different contexts, for centuries. In the early nineteenth century, the air of European cities, polluted by open sewers and industrial waste, was generally thought to be the source of infection and disease. Thus the term miasma—literally deathlike air—came into popular use, only to be later dismissed as medically unsound by Louis Pasteur.
While controversy has long swirled in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814747520
SKU
V9780814747520
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99-50
About Steve Kroll-Smith
Steve Kroll-Smith is Research Professor of Sociology at the University of New Orleans. H. Hugh Floyd is Professor of Sociology at Stamford University.
Reviews for Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge
"Elegantly written. . . . the book is built around the narratives of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) sufferers themselves. . . . Due to its relevant subject matter, its interdisciplinary approach, its readability, and its interesting theoretical arguments, Bodies in Protest should be appealing to a wide audience."
Organization and Environment
"Kroll-Smith and Floyd have, with both clarity ... Read more
Organization and Environment
"Kroll-Smith and Floyd have, with both clarity ... Read more