Framing animals as epidemic villains : histories of non-human disease /

Framing animals as epidemic villains : histories of non-human disease /

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Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan [2019] ©2019
Description:	xvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History Medicine and biomedical sciences in modern history.
Subject:	Animals as carriers of disease -- Social aspects. Animals as carriers of disease -- History. Epidemics. Zoonoses. Communicable diseases in animals -- Social aspects. Animals -- Diseases -- Social aspects. Human-animal relationships -- Health aspects. Animals -- Diseases. Epidemics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12030184

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Other authors / contributors:	Lynteris, Christos, editor. Timmermann, Carsten, series editor. Worboys, Michaels, series editor.
ISBN:	3030267946 9783030267940
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book takes a historical and anthropological approach to understanding how non-human hosts and vectors of diseases are understood, at a time when emerging infectious diseases are one of the central concerns of global health. The volume critically examines the ways in which animals have come to be framed as 'epidemic villains' since the turn of the nineteenth century. Providing epistemological and social histories of non-human epidemic blame, as well as ethnographic perspectives on its recent manifestations, the essays explore this cornerstone of modern epidemiology and public health alongside its continuing importance in today's world. Covering diverse regions, the book argues that framing animals as spreaders and reservoirs of infectious diseases - from plague to rabies to Ebola - is an integral aspect not only to scientific breakthroughs but also to the ideological and biopolitical apparatus of modern medicine. As the first book to consider the impact of the image of non-human disease hosts and vectors on medicine and public health, it offers a major contribution to our understanding of human-animal interaction under the shadow of global epidemic threat.

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