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Author: Anita Hannig
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 1.60cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 2.40cm
Weight: 0.482kg
ISBN: 9780226457154
ISBN 10: 022645715
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 April 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this incisive and immensely insightful study, Hannig moves beyond the hype of heroic surgery to examine the complex social, moral, and aesthetic landscape--the interplay of science and sanctity, loss and recovery--that comprises the intricate work of care, here as everywhere. --Jean Comaroff, Harvard University Hannig has written an important and deeply touching testament to the practical importance of long-term careful ethnographic research in global health. Beyond Surgery has profound implications for debates on global health disparities. It deserves to be read by anthropologists and practitioners alike. --Stacey Langwick, Cornell University The genius of ethnography often involves finding a practice or idea the examination of which conjures up unexpected larger insights. Hannig finds just this kind of topic in fistula repair surgery in northern Ethiopia--both for the cultural worlds of women patients and foreign missionary doctors. Beyond Surgery is a major achievement of writing and analysis. --Donald L. Donham, University of California, Davis
In this incisive and immensely insightful study, Hannig moves beyond the hype of heroic surgery to examine the complex social, moral, and aesthetic landscape--the interplay of science and sanctity, loss and recovery--that comprises the intricate work of care, here as everywhere. -- Jean Comaroff, Harvard University The genius of ethnography often involves finding a practice or idea the examination of which conjures up unexpected larger insights. Hannig finds just this kind of topic in fistula repair surgery in northern Ethiopia--both for the cultural worlds of women patients and foreign missionary doctors. Beyond Surgery is a major achievement of writing and analysis. -- Donald L. Donham, University of California, Davis Hannig has written an important and deeply touching testament to the practical importance of long-term careful ethnographic research in global health. Beyond Surgery has profound implications for debates on global health disparities. It deserves to be read by anthropologists and practitioners alike. -- Stacey Langwick, Cornell University
Author Information
Anita Hannig is assistant professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, in Massachusetts.
