Body and soul : the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination / Alondra Nelson.

Author
Nelson, Alondra [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2011], ©2011.
Description
xviii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction : serving the people body and soul
  • African American responses to medical discrimination before 1966
  • Origins of Black Panther Party health activism
  • The people's free medical clinics
  • Spin doctors : the politics of sickle cell anemia
  • As American as cherry pie : contesting the biologization of violence
  • Conclusion : race and health in the post-civil rights era.
ISBN
  • 9780816676484 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816676488 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816676491 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0816676496 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011040833
OCLC
719427969
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