Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai
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Solomon, H
Published in: South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
January 1, 2021
This paper is an ethnographic account of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) based on a study of a public hospital trauma ward in urban India. It explores the contexts, causes and consequences of TBIs in order to make several broader claims. Across two case studies, I argue that epidemiological transitions towards non-infectious disease regimens must be understood as problems of somatic movement. The implication is that bodies make transitions through actual and imagined changes in bodily movements that define how persons become patients, how traumatic injury pulls on clinical resources, and how differences in gender, sexuality, class and caste affect the social dynamics of brain injury in urban settings at every turn.
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South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
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1479-0270
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0085-6401
Publication Date
January 1, 2021
Volume
44
Issue
6
Start / End Page
1131 / 1145
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- Cultural Studies
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Solomon, H. (2021). Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai. South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies, 44(6), 1131–1145. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2021.1984430
Solomon, H. “Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai.” South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies 44, no. 6 (January 1, 2021): 1131–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2021.1984430.
Solomon H. Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai. South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies. 2021 Jan 1;44(6):1131–45.
Solomon, H. “Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai.” South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies, vol. 44, no. 6, Jan. 2021, pp. 1131–45. Scopus, doi:10.1080/00856401.2021.1984430.
Solomon H. Epidemiology in Motion: Traumatic Brain Injuries in Mumbai. South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies. 2021 Jan 1;44(6):1131–1145.
Published In
South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
DOI
EISSN
1479-0270
ISSN
0085-6401
Publication Date
January 1, 2021
Volume
44
Issue
6
Start / End Page
1131 / 1145
Related Subject Headings
- Cultural Studies