Health, ethnicity and diabetes : racialised constructions of 'risky' South Asian bodies /: racialised constructions of 'risky' South Asian bodies. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harshad Keval.
• Authors: Keval, Harshad
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Contextualising the 'Risky' South Asian Diabetic Body -- Chapter 1. Conceptualising Race, Ethnicity and Health -- Chapter 2. Situating the South Asian Diabetic Risk -- Chapter 3 -- Constructing the Risk -- Faulty Lifestyles, Faulty Genes -- Chapter 4. Method. Part II. Resisting Constructions of Risk -- The Counter Narratives -- Chapter 5. 'Doing Everyday Diabetes -- Chapter 6. Using Complimentary Health and Remedies -- Chapter 7. Diabetes, Biography and Community -- Chapter 8. 'Race-ing' Back to the Bio-Genetic Future? -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.89948; Social sciences; Diabetes -- Genetic aspects; South Asians -- Health; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Diabetes Mellitus -- ethnology; Diabetes Mellitus -- genetics; Risk Factors; Diabetes -- Genetic aspects; Social Science -- Disease & Health Issues; Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- General; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Medical sociology; Ethnic studies; Public health & preventive medicine; Regional studies; Social medicine; Ethnicity; Area studies; Sociology; Asia -- ethnology; Great Britain -- epidemiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137457035; 1137457031; 1137457023; 9781137457028
• Related ISBNs: 9781137457028
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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