Book ID: CBB683123235

Mosquito Trails: Ecology, Health, and the Politics of Entanglement (2014)

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Dengue fever is the world’s most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health approaches to animal-borne illness, Mosquito Trails tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval. Blending theory from medical anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology studies, Nading develops the concept of “the politics of entanglement” to describe how Nicaraguans strive to remain alive to the world around them despite global health strategies that seek to insulate them from their environments. This innovative ethnography illustrates the continued significance of local environmental histories, politics, and household dynamics to the making and unmaking of a global pandemic.

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Authors & Contributors
Martini, Mariano
Orsini, Davide
Fernando Rosa
Cerchiai Manodori Sagredo, Claudia
Cerbini, Francesca
Taureaux, Niurka
Concepts
Medicine
Epidemics
Public health
Pandemics
Disease and diseases
Medicine and society
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
20th century
Ancient
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
United States
Italy
San Francisco (California)
Tasmania (Australia)
Atlantic Ocean
Sicily
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