Minority populations are often regarded as being 'hard to reach' and evading state expectations of health protection. This ethnographic and archival study analyses how devout Jews in Britain negotiate healthcare services to preserve the reproduction of culture and continuity. This book demonstrates how the transformative and transgressive possibilities of technology reveal multiple pursuits of protection between this religious minority and the state. Making Bodies Kosher advances theoretical perspectives of immunity, and sits at the intersection of medical anthropology, social history and the study of religions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on Text and Transliteration
Introduction
PART I: 'COMMUNITY' HEALTH
Chapter 1. The Pursuit of Self-protection
Chapter 2. Culture, Faith and Health
PART II: MATERNITY AND INFANT BODY POLITICS
Chapter 3. Maternity Matters
Chapter 4. Immunities and Immunisations
Conclusion: Antonymic Immunities
Appendix
List of Archival Materials and Oral Histories
Glossary
Index
