Of farming chemicals and cancer deaths: the politics of health in contemporary rural China

Where do Chinese villagers lay the blame when they develop cancer? The focus falls on the state when the supposed cause is water pollution; on the family context when it is hard work; and on the market when farm chemicals contaminate food. These different cancer aetiologies define the contours of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lora-Wainwright, A
Other Authors: European Association of Social Anthropologists
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
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