1st Edition
Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo Sweetness Under Pressure
By Mille Kjærgaard Thorsen
Copyright 2023
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo offers an ethnographic exploration of the interactions of two different understandings of type-2 diabetes: one related to the notion of ḍaghṭ , translated as “pressure” or “stress,” and another related primarily to obesity. The book is set in Egypt but draws links to a diabetes clinic in Denmark and a multinational medical company, as well as... Read more
Prologue
Questions
1. Introduction
2. Laughter
3. Food
4. Drugs
5. Care
6. Novo
7. Final Notes
Epilogue
Biography
Mille Kjærgaard Thorsen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark, where she teaches and conducts research in the cross-fields of health and social studies. She holds a PhD from the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University.
