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Author Dombroski, Kelly, author.

Title Caring for life : a postdevelopment politics of infant hygiene / Kelly Dombroski
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations
Series Diverse economies and livable worlds
Diverse economies and livable worlds.
Contents Thinking multiplicity -- Interlude : in the courtyard of venerable grannies -- Holding out -- Interlude : the body multiple -- Shifting assemblages -- Interlude : situated hygienes -- Traveling practices -- Interlude : experiments -- Reassembling hygienes -- Guarding life
Summary "Examining the remarkable evolution in Asia-Pacific hygiene practices, Caring for Life is a call to action, a theory of change, and a fascinating account of the transformational possibilities of care practices. It shows how experiments in these practices can lead to collective, widespread change, ultimately providing a practical and hopeful vision for environmental action"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2024)
Subject Infants -- Health and hygiene -- Pacific Area
Infants -- Care -- Pacific Area
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2024000302
ISBN 9781452970783
1452970785
9781452970776
1452970777