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OverviewThis book describes how malaria both frustrates and facilitates life for Indigenous Pälawan communities living in the forested foothills of the municipality of Bataraza on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Tracing the arc of malaria on the archipelago from colonial encounters to the present day, it examines the ways in which malaria parasites have become entangled in contemporary lives. It uniquely explores the experiences of local government leaders working towards sustainably developing this last ecological frontier, health workers trying to meet international targets to eliminate malaria, and Pälawan people trying to keep their bodies, social relations and the cosmos in careful balance. In exquisite detail, Dr Dalia Iskander shows how malaria emerged from, and was intrinsic to, a whole host of strategically-orientated social practices that were enacted in as well as around the disease’s name, as people worked day-to-day to gain power in different guises in different arenas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dalia IskanderPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2021 Weight: 0.303kg ISBN: 9789811667664ISBN 10: 9811667667 Pages: 217 Publication Date: 02 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDr Dalia Iskander is Lecturer in Medical Anthropology at University College London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |