{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-anthropology-of-environmental-health-hardback-9781118786994","title":"A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health (Hardback) 9781118786994","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMerrill Singer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118786994, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.3 x 4.1 cm, 0.953 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the latest ethnographic research from around the world related to the multiple impacts of the environment on health and of societies on their environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from international medical anthropologists, conservationists, environmental experts, public health professionals, health clinicians, and other social scientists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the conditions of cultural and social transformation that accompany environmental and ecological impacts in all areas of the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers critical perspectives on theoretical and methodological advancements in the anthropology of environmental health, along with future directions in the field \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMerrill Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theories, Methods, and Anthropological Perspectives on Key Issues in Environment and Health 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Ecosocial and Environmental Justice Perspectives on Breast Cancer: Responding to Capitalism’s Ill Effects 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary K. Anglin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Effects of Agriculture on Environmental and Human Health: Opportunities for Anthropology 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelissa K. Melby and Megan Mauger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Toward “One Health” Promotion 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelanie Rock and Chris Degeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Ecobiosocial Interactions and Health 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Conceptualizing Ecobiosocial Interactions: Lessons from Obesity 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStanley Ulijaszek, Amy McLennan, and Hannah Graff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Environmental Racism and Community Health 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelissa Checker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Medicine, Alternative Medicine, and Political Ecologies of the Body 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph S. Alter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Asthma and Air Pollution: Connecting the Dots 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Kopnina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Washing Away Ebola: Environmental Stress, Rumor, and Ethnomedical Response in a Deadly Epidemic 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvo Ngade, Merrill Singer, Olivia Marcus, and José E. Hasemann Lara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Paradise Poisoned: Nature, Environmental Risk, and the Practice of Lyme Disease Prevention in the United States 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbigail Dumes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Ecobiopolitics and the Making of Native American Reservation Health Inequities 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMerrill Singer and G. Derrick Hodge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Political Ecology of Health 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Water, Environment, and Health: The Political Ecology of Water 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda M. Whiteford, Maryann Cairns, Rebecca Zarger, and Gina Larsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Remembering the Foundations of Health: Everyday Water Insecurity and Its Hidden Costs in Northwest Alaska 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Eichelberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Food Security: Health and Environmental Concerns in the North 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirsten Hastrup, Anne Marie Rieffestahl, and Anja Olsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 New Toxics Uncertainty and the Complexity Politics of Emerging Vapor Intrusion Risk 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter C. Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Political Ecology of Cause and Blame: Environmental Health Inequities in the Context of Colonialism, Globalization, and Climate Change 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor S. Stephenson and Peter H. Stephenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Political Ecology of a Drug Crop: The Intricate Effects of Khat 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa L. Gezon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Reestablishing the Fundamental Bases for Environmental Health: Infrastructure and the Social Topographies of Surviving Seismic Disaster 348\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie C. Kane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Adverse Feedback Loops in Environmental Health 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Modifying Our Microbial Environment: From the Advent of Agriculture to the Age of Antibiotic Resistance 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKristin N. Harper, Gabriela M. Sheets, and George J. Armelagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 China’s Cancer Villages: Contested Evidence and the Politics of Pollution 396\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Lora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‐\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWainwright and Ajiang Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Mining and Its Health Consequences: From Matewan to Fracking 417\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Cartwright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Pluralea Interactions and Ecosyndemics in a Changing World 435\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Pluralea Interactions and the Remaking of the Environment in Environmental Health 437\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMerrill Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Private Cars as Environmental Health Hazards: The Critical Need for Public Transit in the Era of Climate Change 458\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans A. 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