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chronicling pleasure
controversial regime
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government health care
historically marginalized venezuelans
hugo chavez
improving quality of life
medical services
new health care programs
ordinary people
personalized doctors visits
reorganizing society
significance of the bolivarian revolution
therapeutic dance classes
transformed health system
unique perspective
venezuela
Product details
- ISBN 9780520299290
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Apr 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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State of Health takes readers inside one of the most controversial regimes of the twenty-first century—Venezuela under Hugo Chávez—for a revealing description of how people’s lives changed for the better as the state began reorganizing society. With lively and accessible storytelling, Amy Cooper chronicles the pleasure people experienced accessing government health care and improving their quality of life. From personalized doctor’s visits to therapeutic dance classes, new health care programs provided more than medical services. State of Health offers a unique perspective on the significance of the Bolivarian Revolution for ordinary people, demonstrating how the transformed health system succeeded in exciting people and recognizing historically marginalized Venezuelans as bodies who mattered.
Amy Cooper is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Saint Louis University.
