( 2 T 2 P 9 S x ( 2 1 2 5 9 3 x m 1 m 5 3 ) ( m 2 m 1 0 ) ) I S B N : 9 - 0 5 6 9 9 - 5 5 6 - 1 The Anthropology of Infectious Disease THEORY AND PRACTICE IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH A series edited by Susan M. DiGiacomo University of Massachusetts, Amherst Editorial Board H. Kris Heggenhougen Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Daniel E. Moerman University of Michigan, Dearborn R. Brooke Thomas University of Massachusetts, Amherst International Advisory Board Joan Ablon, George Armelagos, Hans Baer, Peter Brown, Xdchitl Castaneda, Deborah Gordon, Xdchitl Herrera, Thavitong Hongvivatana, Judith Justice, Montasser Kamal, Charles Leslie, Shirley Lindenbaum, Margaret Lock, Setha Low, Harriet Ngubane, Mark Nichter, Duncan Pedersen, Tom Ots, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Merrill Singer Founding Editor Libbet Crandon-Malamudt Volume 1 Hippocrates' Latin American Legacy: Humoral Medicine in the New World George M. Foster Volume 2 Forbidden Narratives: Critical Autobiography as Social Science Kathryn Church Volume 3 Anthropology and International Health: Asian Case Studies Mark Nichter and Mimi Nichter Volume 4 The Anthropology of Infectious Disease: International Health Perspectives Edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown This book is part of a series. The publisher will accept continuation orders which may be cancelled at any time and which provide for automatic billing and shipping of each title in the series upon publication. Please write for details. The Anthropology of Infectious Disease International Health Perspectives Edited by Marcia C. Inborn and Peter J. Brown Emory University Atlanta, Georgia O Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK Copyright © 1997 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. Published by license under the Routledge Publishers imprint. All rights reserved. First published 1997 Second printing 2000 Transferred to Digital Printing 2005 No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Malaysia. Amsteldijk 166 1st Floor 1079 LH Amsterdam The Netherlands British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data The anthropology of infectious disease : international health perspectives. - (Theory and practice in medical anthropology and international health ; v. 4) 1. Communicable diseases 2. Medical anthropology I. Inhorn, Marcia C. II. Brown, Peter J. 306.4'61 ISBN 90-5699-556-1 Printed and bound by Antony Rowe Ltd, Eastbourne In memory of Libbet Crandon-Malamud founding editor of this medical anthropology book series This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Introduction to the Series ix Acknowledgments xi List of Contributors xiii One Anthropologies 1. Introduction Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown 3 2. The Anthropology of Infectious Disease Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown 31 Two Histories 3. Dangerous Dirt: Paleopathology of Valley Fever and the Biopolitics of Race William R. Harrison 71 4. A New Look at an Old Disease: Smallpox and Biotechnology Carol Shepherd McClain 97 5. Culture and the Global Resurgence of Malaria Peter J, Brown 119 Three Methods 6. The Household Ecology of Disease Transmission: Dengue Fever in the Dominican Republic Jeannine Coreil, Linda Whiteford and Diego Salazar 143 7. Infertility, Infection, and Iatrogenesis in Egypt: The Anthropological Epidemiology of Blocked Tubes Marcia C. Inhorn and Kimberly A. Buss 173 viii Contents 8. Key Informants, Pile Sorts, or Surveys? Comparing Behavioral Research Methods for the Study of Acute Respiratory Infections in West Bengal Karabi Bhattacharyya 211 Four Ethnographies 9. "Digestive Worms": Ethnomedical Approaches to Intestinal Parasitism in Southern Ethiopia NorbertL. Vecchiato 239 10. Illness Semantics and International Health: The Weak Lungs-Tuber culosis Complex in the Philippines MarkNichter 267 11. The Sitala Syndrome: The Cultural Context of Measles Mortality in Pakistan Dorothy S. Mull 299 12. Knowing Pneumonia: Mothers, Doctors, and Sick Children in Pakistan Sara H. Cody, J. Dennis Mull and Dorothy S. Mull 331 Five Political Economies 13. "Prostitution," "Risk," and "Responsibility": Paradigms of AIDS Prevention and Women's Identities in Thika, Kenya Karina Kielmann 375 14. Ethnography, Social Analysis, and the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infections Among Poor Women in Haiti Paul Farmer 413 15. "I'm Not Dog, No!": Cries of Resistance Against Cholera Control Campaigns in Brazil Marilyn K. Nations and Cristina G. Monte 439 Index 483 INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and International Health seeks to promote works of direct relevance to anthropologically informed international health issues, practice, and policy. It aims to bridge medical anthropology—both biological and cultural—with international public health, social medicine, and sociomedical sciences. The series' theoretical scope is intentionally flexible, incorporating the most current advances in social science theory, while its topical breadth ranges from specific issues to contemporary debates to practical applications informed by current anthropological theory. The distinguishing characteristic of this new series is its emphasis on cultural aspects of medicine and their links to larger social contexts and concrete applicability of the anthropological endeavor.