Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa
Culture, Healthcare and the State
Published on 15. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-19-765961-8 (ISBN)
Description
Reveals how, in South Africa's villages, heavy-handed pandemic policies and governmental communication failures have clashed with culture and tradition.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-765961-8 (9780197659618)
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Persons
Leslie Bank, Adjunct Professor of Social Anthropology at Walter Sisulu University, is in the South African Human Sciences Research Council's Inclusive Economic Development division. Nelly Sharpley is a medical sociologist. Formerly head of Social Sciences at Walter Sisulu University, she now leads Special Projects in the office of the vice-chancellor.