Briggs, Charles L.; Mantini-Briggs, Clara

Stories in Times of Cholera - Racial Profiling during a Medical Nightmare : Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare

List of Illustrations xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: Death in the Delta 1(18) Preparing for a Bacterial Invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela 19(29) Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro 48(11) Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa 59(22) Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales 81(17) Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions 98(40) Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas 138(25) Exile and Internment: The Mariusans on La Tortuga 163(16) Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga 179(20) Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic 199(25) Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic 224(32) Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics 256(13) Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic 269(29) Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic 298(35) Notes 333(40) Bibliography 373(32) Index 405