the sociology and anthropology of suffering
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bradby, Hannah > (ed.)
- Creator
- Hundt, Gillian Lewando > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Mukta, Parita
- Publish Year
- 2010
- Shelfmark
- WER 1E 2010
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, gender, gezondheid, vrouwenvredesbewegingen, geweld, vluchtelingen, bundel
- Description
- The systematic use of large-scale violence for political ends is widespread and war constitutes a leading cause of suffering, illness and disability world-wide. This book analyses the links between suffering caused by the violence of war and the suffering unintentionally engendered by modern medicine's processes. Making use of international case studies in the presentation of an analysis of suffering that transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries.