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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: BANK, Leslie Bank, Leslie/ Sharpley Bank, Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley, Nelly Sharpley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9780197659618
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765961-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: African Arguments
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; 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