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Author Martínez, Rebecca G. (Rebecca Gilda), 1967- author.

Title Marked women : the cultural politics of cervical cancer in Venezuela / Rebecca G. Martínez.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Caracas, Venezuela : on arrival -- Hospitals, patients, and doctors -- The ambiguities of risk : morality, hygiene, and "the other" -- Targeting women : bodies out of "control," public health and the body politic -- The hospital encounter : bodies marked, mended, and manipulated -- Women's agency & resilience : the way I want to be treated -- Epilogue : from neoliberalism to Chávez.
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Subject Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- Venezuela.
Cervix uteri -- Cancer.
Social aspects.
Venezuela.
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Political aspects -- Venezuela.
Women's health services -- Venezuela.
Women's health services.
Poor women -- Medical care -- Venezuela.
Poor women -- Medical care.
Poor women.
Cancer -- Patients -- Venezuela -- Social conditions.
Cancer -- Patients.
Social conditions.
Medical anthropology -- Venezuela.
Medical anthropology.
Venezuela.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Martínez, Rebecca G. (Rebecca Gilda), 1967- Marked women. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018 9781503605114 (DLC) 2017044372 (OCoLC)1004512148
ISBN 9781503606449 (electronic book)
1503606449 (electronic book)
9781503605114
1503605116
9781503606432
1503606430