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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Tomolonis <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 6 January 2009 17:05:52 GMT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Jacob Copeman's New Book > > Hello: > > Would it be possible to have the message below posted to the > listserv? It is with regards to member Jacob Copeman's new book > "Veins of Devotion." > > Best, > > - > Michael Tomolonis > Webmaster and E-Marketing Manager > > Rutgers University Press > 100 Joyce Kilmer Ave. > Piscataway, NJ 08854 > Phone: 732-445-7762, ext. 625 > Fax: 732-445-7039 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Web: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu >  > > Sign up to receive special offers on our books. > Visit http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/Subscribe.html > > > Dear ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS Subscribers, > > I hope the following new medical anthropology titles - specially > discounted for ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS subscribers - will be of > interest to you: > > Veins of Devotion: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North > India > Author: Jacob Copeman, University of Cambridge > > “No book covers the same terrain or anything close to what Copeman > accomplishes with 'Veins of Devotion.' It is an extraordinarily > smart book that sets the standard for future work on biomoral > exchange in anthropology.” > —Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley > > "A very impressive achievement. Copeman quite brilliantly > illuminates some of the most dramatic and important developments in > contemporary Indian public life." > —James Laidlaw, University of Cambridge > > “An excellent piece of scholarship that synthesizes classic themes > in the indological literature—sacrifice, gift-giving, caste, > asceticism, guru/chela relationships—with the very contemporary > and iconically modern, biomedical procedure of blood donation.” > —Joseph S. Alter, University of Pittsburgh > > > Description: > > "Veins of Devotion" tells the story of recent remarkable > collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public > health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern > India. Focusing primarily on Delhi, Jacob Copeman carefully > situates blood donation practices within the context of religious > gift-giving, sacrifice, caste, kinship, and nationalism. The book > analyzes the operations of several high-profile religious orders > that organize large-scale public blood-giving events and argues > that blood donation has become a site not only of frenetic > competition between different devotional movements, but also of > intense spiritual creativity. > > Despite significant tensions between blood banks and these > religious groups, their collaboration is a singular success story— > the nation’s blood supply is replenished while blood donors > discover new devotional possibilities. > > Drawing on the rich tradition of South Asian scholarship, while > also engaging with recent innovations in social theory, "Veins of > Devotion" represents a striking and original contribution to the > anthropology of South Asia and to medical anthropology and > religious studies more generally. > > Rutgers University Press. $25.95. ($20.76 with discount) > 2009. 264 pages, 13 illustrations. Paper ISBN 978-0-8135-4449-6 > Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology > > To order a copy online please visit http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/ > acatalog/Veins_of_Devotion.html > > To order by phone please call Longleaf Services directly at > +1-800-848-6224 > > (IN EITHER CASE PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER: 02WVD09 for 20% discount) > > > An Uncertain Cure: Living with Leprosy in Brazil > Author: Cassandra White, Georgia State University > > "This carefully and thoroughly researched book presents a > sensitive, insightful, and welcome contribution to the study of > leprosy treatment and the treatment by society of those affected by > the disease." > -Judith Justice, author of "Policies, Plans, and People: Foreign > Aid and Health Development" > > "An Uncertain Cure is a captivating and revealing ethnography of > leprosy in Brazil that interrogates and clarifies the complex > connections between illness and inequality in the context of public > health. Intelligent and well-written, this account illuminates the > ways in which a variety of actors-transnational institutions, > government, medical personnel, and patients-struggle to make sense > of and treat a disease long stigmatized in the human record." > -Donna Goldstein, author of "Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, > Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown" > > "White poignantly illustrates how the stigma of leprosy in Brazil > is more virulent and contagious than the disease itself. The > 'uncertain cure' arises from a disjuncture between the social and > clinical experiences of a notorious yet treatable medical > condition. This book explores the possible reasons why this is the > case." > -Ron Barrett, Emory University Author of Aghor Medicine: Pollution, > Death, and Healing in Northern India > > > Description: > > In many cultures, leprosy elicits fear, stigma, and > misunderstanding. Historically, people affected by leprosy were > banished or isolated from the rest of society. Although the > worldwide incidence of leprosy has declined markedly over the past > quarter century with the advent of new multidrug therapies, > developing nations are still encountering a high number of cases. > > In "An Uncertain Cure," Cassandra White goes deep into the > shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give a riveting account of the > contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class > Brazilians. In this ethnographic treatment of leprosy sufferers, > White exposes the web of historical, socioeconomic, religious, and > political forces that complicate the path to wellness and > perpetuate high rates of infection. Drawing on nearly ten years of > research, White shows how anthropological research can contribute > to more effective treatment of chronic infectious diseases around > the world. > > Rutgers University Press. $23.95. ($19.16 with discount) > 2009. 224 pages. Paper 978-0-8135-4457-1 > Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology > > To order a copy online please visit http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/ > acatalog/An_Uncertain_Cure.html > > To order by phone please call Longleaf Services directly at > +1-800-848-6224 > > (IN EITHER CASE PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER: 02WVD09 for 20% discount) > > > > - > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * ***************************************************************