Title The political life of an epidemic : cholera, crisis and citizenship in Zimbabwe / Simukai Chigudu

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 230 pages) Contents Introduction: Stories and politics of cholera -- The making of urban (dis)order: situating the cholera outbreak in historical perspective -- 'When people eat shit': Cholera and the collapse of Zimbabwe's public health infrastructure -- Emergency politics: Cholera as a national disaster -- The salvation agenda: Medical humanitarianism and the response to cholera -- 'People were dying like flies': The social contours of cholera in Harare's high-density townships -- Conclusion: More to admire than to despise? Summary "Zimbabwe's catastrophic cholera outbreak of 2008/09 saw an unprecedented number of people affected, with 100,000 cases and nearly 5,000 deaths. Cholera, however, was much more than a public health crisis: it represented the nadir of the country's deepening political and economic crisis of 2008. This study focuses on the political life of the cholera epidemic, tracing the historical origins of the outbreak, examining the social pattern of its unfolding and impact, analysing the institutional and communal responses to the disease, and marking the effects of its aftermath. Across different social and institutional settings, competing interpretations and experiences of the cholera epidemic created charged social and political debates. In his examination of these debates which surrounded the breakdown of Zimbabwe's public health infrastructure and failing bureaucratic order, the scope and limitations of disaster relief, and the country's profound levels of livelihood poverty and social inequality, Simukai Chigudu reveals how this epidemic of a preventable disease had profound implications for political institutions and citizenship in Zimbabwe"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2020) Subject Cholera -- Zimbabwe Cholera -- Political aspects -- Zimbabwe Cholera -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe Public health -- Zimbabwe Public health administration -- Zimbabwe Cholera Cholera -- Political aspects Cholera -- Social aspects Public health Public health administration Zimbabwe Form Electronic book LC no. 2019042514 ISBN 9781108773928 1108773923 1108788920 9781108788922

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