The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health - Paperback

by Tsitsi B. Masvawure (Editor), Ellen E. Foley (Editor)

The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health provides an overview of the complex relationship between anthropology and global health. The book brings together a diverse group of scholars who consider the intersection of anthropological concerns with health and disease as understood and intervened upon by the field of global health.

The book is structured around five sections: (1) social, cultural, and political determinants of health; (2) knowledge production in anthropology and global health; (3) persistent invisibilities in global health; (4) reimagining a critical global health; and (5) new horizons in anthropology and global health. Over these five themes a range of topics is explored, including:

• rare diseases
• medical pluralism
• universal global health protocols
• HIV
• health security
• indigenous communities
• (non)communicable diseases
• decolonizing global health

The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health is an essential resource for upper-level students and researchers in anthropology, global health, sociology, international development, health studies, and politics.

Author Biography

Tsitsi B. Masvawure is an Assistant Professor (anthropology and global health) in the Department of Integrative and Global Studies, The Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts. She has a PhD in Anthropology and is a feminist scholar, and global health researcher who studies gender, sexuality and health (primarily HIV) in southern Africa.

Ellen E. Foley is a Professor in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts with a PhD in Anthropology. She studies sexual and reproductive health and rights, urban health disparities, and development interventions in francophone West Africa.