Description
Taking Health to the Streets in Puerto Rico: Resisting Gastronomic, Psychiatric, and Diabetes Colonialism traces the ways in which diabetes, depression, and food insecurity interact under the rule of US colonization in Puerto Rico as well as the ways in which these illnesses are interlaced with contemporary culture, colonization, and politics. Central to the book, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of politicized health and the embodiment of identity and social inequality in Puerto Rico. Ultimately, the advancement of health equity in Puerto Rico is a matter of decolonization, and vice versa.
Author: Shir Lerman Ginzburg
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 06/21/2023
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781666922073
ISBN10: 1666922072
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Caribbean & Latin American Studies
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
About the Author
Shir Lerman Ginzburg is assistant professor of public health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University.