Taking Health to the Streets in Puerto Rico - Resisting Gastronomic, Psychiatric, and Diabetes Colonialism

This book investigates the role of colonization on diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico and highlights the role of health activism in combating colonial legacies.

List of contents

Part I: The Individual and the Historical
Chapter 1 Gastronomic Colonization: The Politics of Food Insecurity
Chapter 2 Melancholy and Power[lessness]: Depression in the Age of Colonization
Chapter 3 Diabetes: The Pissing Evile
Part II: The Social and the Structural
Chapter 4 Loved and Loathed: Structural Health and Politics in Puerto Rico
Chapter 5 Biological Violence
Chapter 6 Health in the Streets: Taking Action for Puerto Rico

About the author

By Shir Lerman Ginzburg

Summary

This book investigates the role of colonization on diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico and highlights the role of health activism in combating colonial legacies.

Product details

• Authors: Shir Lerman Ginzburg
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781666922073
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-207-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Puerto Rico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Personal and public health / health education, Food security and supply