Fighting for Breath: Living Morally and Dying of Cancer in a Chinese Village 9780824837976
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Guide to Key Places and People
Introduction
Chapter 1: Cancer and Contending Forms of Morality
Chapter 2: The Evolving Moral World of Langzhong
Chapter 3: Water, Hard Work, and Farm Chemicals: The Moral Economy of Cancer
Chapter 4: Gendered Hardship, Emotions, and the Ambiguity of Blame
Chapter 5: Xiguan, Consumption, and Shifting Cancer Etiologies
Chapter 6: Performing Closeness, Negotiating Family Relations, and the Cost of Cancer
Chapter 7: Perceived Efficacy, Social Identities, and the Rejection of Cancer Surgery
Chapter 8: Family Relations and Contested Religious Moralities
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Questionnaire (English Translation)
Appendix 2: List of Pesticides Used in Langzhong and Their Health Effects
Notes
References
Index
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