Contesting Measles and Vaccination in Pakistan : Cultural Beliefs, Structured Vulnerabilities, Mistrust, and Geo-Politics (Paperback)

Preface by Merrill Singer

Prologue

Introduction

1 Many Anthropologies: Reflections on Theoretical Threads and the Medical Anthropology of Pakistan

2 Researchlogue: Design, Methodology, and Circumstances of Data collection

3 The Setting: From Sindh Province to the Sindhi Villages

4 Competing Healthcare Systems: Revisiting Medical Pluralism in Pakistan

5 Health and Illness: Socio-cultural Understanding

6 Local Rituals of Containment: Emic Perceptions and Practices around Measles

7 Social Dramas: Two Measles Outbreaks and Multiple Narratives in Pakistan

8 The Critical Geopolitical Events: Making Sense of Anti-Vaccination Sentiment

9 National and Global Rituals of Containment: Controversies, Contestations, and Mistrust Surrounding Vaccination in Pakistan

10 Measles Vaccine: From General to Particular

11 Creating an Anthropology of Vaccination: The International "Anti-Vaxx" Movement and Multiple Narratives

Conclusions: Interrelations between Measle’s Sacredness and Systematic Disparities

Epilogue

Bibliography