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An Anthropology of 'Cancer Villages': villagers' perspectives and the politics of responsibility.
- Source :
- Journal of Contemporary China; Jan2010, Vol. 19 Issue 63, p79-99, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This paper examines how villagers in rural Sichuan understand the development of cancer, how they attempt to make sense of why it seems widespread and of why it affects particular individuals. Lay aetiologies of cancer such as negative emotions, smoking, consuming alcohol and preserved vegetables are addressed in order to contextualise environmentally related factors, and explain why they may or not be resorted to. With reference to ethnographic examples, I argue that awareness of pollution's effects on health can only gain strength when it is consonant with locals' experience and moral parameters and when it is perceived to be productive in attracting media attention and obtaining redress from various levels of state bureaucracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RURAL population
ETIOLOGY of diseases
CANCER
PUBLIC health
VILLAGES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10670564
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 63
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Contemporary China
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 47760256
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10670560903335785