The Politics of Potential: Global Health and Gendered Futures in South Africa (Medical Anthropology) - Tapa blanda

Pentecost, Michelle

 
9781978837478: The Politics of Potential: Global Health and Gendered Futures in South Africa (Medical Anthropology)
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ISBN 10: 197883747X ISBN 13: 9781978837478
Editorial: Rutgers University Press, 2024

Sinopsis

The first one thousand days of human life, or the period between conception and age two, is one of the most pivotal periods of human development. Optimizing nutrition during this time not only prevents childhood malnutrition but also determines future health and potential. The Politics of Potential examines early life interventions in the first one thousand days of life in South Africa, drawing on fieldwork from international conferences, government offices, health-care facilities, and the everyday lives of fifteen women and their families in Cape Town. Michelle Pentecost explores various aspects of a politics of potential, a term that underlines the first one thousand days concept and its effects on clinical care and the lives of childbearing women in South Africa. Why was the First One Thousand Days project so readily adopted by South Africa and many other countries? Pentecost not only explores this question but also discusses the science of intergenerational transmissions of health, disease, and human capital and how this constitutes new forms of intergenerational responsibility. The women who are the target of first one thousdand days interventions are cast as both vulnerable and responsible for the health of future generations, such that, despite its history, intergenerational responsibility in South Africa remains entrenched in powerfully gendered and racialized ways.

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MICHELLE PENTECOST is a physician-anthropologist and senior lecturer in global health and social medicine at King's College London.

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Editorial
Rutgers University Press
Año de publicación
2024
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ISBN 10 
197883747X
ISBN 13 
9781978837478
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Número de páginas
236
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Editorial: Rutgers University Press, 2024
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