Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta
This article traces the early evolution of the H1N1 pandemic as it played out in China′s Pearl River Delta in the spring and summer of 2009, as local public health professionals there tried to contain the virus when their American counterparts did not do so. My informants′ difficulties in escaping t...
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| description | This article traces the early evolution of the H1N1 pandemic as it played out in China′s Pearl River Delta in the spring and summer of 2009, as local public health professionals there tried to contain the virus when their American counterparts did not do so. My informants′ difficulties in escaping their perceived status as a source, rather than a victim, of dangerous viruses; their use of disease control tactics that were portrayed abroad as excessive, unscientific, and unsophisticated; and their fatalism about reforming their local system of governance; all frustrated their ambitions. At the same time, the gulf between their reactions to H1N1 and the reactions across the Pacific suggests the need for a more serious global debate about what local places in all parts of the globe should and should not be prepared to do in the name of pandemic preparedness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6db9e953ee204c369c1a81ff42320bd42022-12-22T01:12:19ZdeuUniversität FreiburgBehemoth : a Journal on Civilisation1866-24472010-12-010303835Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River DeltaKatherine A. MasonThis article traces the early evolution of the H1N1 pandemic as it played out in China′s Pearl River Delta in the spring and summer of 2009, as local public health professionals there tried to contain the virus when their American counterparts did not do so. My informants′ difficulties in escaping their perceived status as a source, rather than a victim, of dangerous viruses; their use of disease control tactics that were portrayed abroad as excessive, unscientific, and unsophisticated; and their fatalism about reforming their local system of governance; all frustrated their ambitions. At the same time, the gulf between their reactions to H1N1 and the reactions across the Pacific suggests the need for a more serious global debate about what local places in all parts of the globe should and should not be prepared to do in the name of pandemic preparedness.http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2010.0018SARSH1N1pandemicChinapreparedness |
| spellingShingle | Katherine A. Mason Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation SARS H1N1 pandemic China preparedness |
| title | Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta |
| title_full | Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta |
| title_fullStr | Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta |
| title_full_unstemmed | Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta |
| title_short | Becoming Modern after SARS. Battling the H1N1 Pandemic and the Politics of Backwardness in China′s Pearl River Delta |
| title_sort | becoming modern after sars battling the h1n1 pandemic and the politics of backwardness in china s pearl river delta |
| topic | SARS H1N1 pandemic China preparedness |
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