Blood Work: Life and Laboratories in Penang
(Part of the The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures Series)
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What is blood? How can we account for its enormous range of meanings and its extraordinary symbolic power? In Blood Work Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia. She tells the stories of blood donors, their varied motivations, and the paperwork, payment, and other bureaucratic processes involved in blood donation, tracking the interpersonal relations between...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1478004819
ISBN13:9781478004813
Release Date:July 2019
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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