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Illness is a weapon

Saethre, Eirik.

Illness is a weapon indigenous identity and enduring afflictions / [electronic resource] : Eirik Saethre, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2012] - 1 online resource (pages cm)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Presents the everyday experience of disease in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Explores the factors structuring ill health, the tactics individuals use to negotiate these realities, and the ways in which sickness is invoked to construct, manage, and challenge race relations"--Provided by publisher.

9780826519221


Aboriginal Australians--Medical care.
Aboriginal Australians--Health and hygiene.


Electronic books.

RA553 / .S236 2012

362.1089/99