This book synthesizes the flourishing field of anthropology of infectious disease in a critical, biocultural framework. Leading medical anthropologist Merrill Singer holistically unites the behaviors of microorganisms and the activities of complex social systems, showing how we exist with pathogenic agents of disease in a complex process of co-evolution. He also connects human diseases to larger ecosystems and various other species that are future sources of new human infections. Anthropology of Infectious Disease integrates and advances research in this growing, multifaceted area and offers an ideal supplement to courses in anthropology, public health, development studies, and related fields.
- ISBN10 1629580457
- ISBN13 9781629580456
- Publish Date 20 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 January 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Left Coast Press Inc
- Format eBook
- Pages 321
- Language English