Blood Work
Life and Laboratories in Penang
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2019
256 pages
978-1-4780-0569-8 (ISBN)
Description
Janet Carsten traces the multiple meanings of blood as it moves from donors to labs, hospitals, and patients in Penang, Malaysia, showing how those meanings provide a gateway to understanding the social, political, and cultural dynamics of modern life.
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Janet Carsten is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, author of After Kinship, and editor of Blood Will Out: Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows.
Content
Foreword / Thomas Gibson ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
The Public Life of Blood I: Donation in the News 35
1. Blood Donation 43
The Public Life of Blood II: Newspapers and Laboratory Life 75
2. Lab Spaces and People: Categories and Distinctions at Work 79
The Public Life of Blood III: Elections and Their Aftermath 116
3. The Work of the Labs 125
The Public Life of Blood IV: Medical, Supernatural, and Moral Matters 158
4. "Work is Just Part of the Job": Ghosts, Food, and Relatedness in the Labs 165
Conclusion 200
Notes 209
References 217
Index 233
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
The Public Life of Blood I: Donation in the News 35
1. Blood Donation 43
The Public Life of Blood II: Newspapers and Laboratory Life 75
2. Lab Spaces and People: Categories and Distinctions at Work 79
The Public Life of Blood III: Elections and Their Aftermath 116
3. The Work of the Labs 125
The Public Life of Blood IV: Medical, Supernatural, and Moral Matters 158
4. "Work is Just Part of the Job": Ghosts, Food, and Relatedness in the Labs 165
Conclusion 200
Notes 209
References 217
Index 233
