Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa - Culture, Healthcare and the State

Reveals how, in South Africa's villages, heavy-handed pandemic policies and governmental communication failures have clashed with culture and tradition.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Leslie Bank, Adjunct Professor of Social Anthropology at Walter Sisulu University, is in the South African Human Sciences Research Council's Inclusive Economic Development division.

Nelly Sharpley is a medical sociologist. Formerly head of Social Sciences at Walter Sisulu University, she now leads Special Projects in the office of the vice-chancellor.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: BANK, Leslie Bank, Leslie/ Sharpley Bank, Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley, Nelly Sharpley
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9780197659618
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765961-8
• Seiten: 320
• Serie: African Arguments
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Public health & preventive medicine, Social and cultural anthropology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Public health and preventive medicine