Medicalising Borders

Selection, Containment and Quarantine Since 1800

Sevasti Trubeta, Christian Promitzer, Paul Weindling

$194.99

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Manchester University Press
27 April 2021

Migration, immigration & emigration; Social & cultural anthropology; History of medicine; Medical anthropology

Series: Rethinking Borders

Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power techniques that originate in European modernity.

The research of pandemics, epidemics, and pathogens like SARS-CoV-2, reaches beyond biomedicine and touches the core of modern statehood, since foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By illuminating these issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume starts with historical models of quarantine. It deals with fears of contamination and the corresponding stereotypes border crossers and migrants are confronted with. At state borders the latter have been subject to the implementation of medical, genetic and biometric screening techniques. The book wants to show that the contemporary border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of medicalised techniques of power that originate in European modernity; it draws on the expertise of a network of researchers who deal with these issues from the early eighteenth century up to recent developments.

Edited by: Sevasti Trubeta, Christian Promitzer, Paul Weindling
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781526154668
ISBN 10: 1526154668
Series: Rethinking Borders
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 27 April 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sevasti Trubeta is a Professor for Childhood and Migration at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal. Christian Promitzer is a researcher at the Institute for History, University of Graz Paul Weindling is Wellcome Trust Research Professor in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University -- .

Reviews for Medicalising Borders: Selection, Containment and Quarantine Since 1800

'Medicalising Borders makes it abundantly clear that medicine cannot play Pontius Pilatus and wash its hands in innocence.' Leo van Bergen, Leiden University Medical Centre, Medicine, Conflict and Survival -- .