Lily N Shapiro

Connective Tissue

Factory Accidents and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in South India

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Produktbeschreibung

An ethnography of factory accidents and their attendant reconstructive plastic surgeries in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Connective Tissue explores notions of risk, work and labor practices, and the way meaning is made from experiences of trauma, care, and recovery. The book charts a chronology of the accident and its future impacts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781978841536
• ISBN-10: 1978841531
• Artikelnr.: 71884821

Autorenporträt

LILY N. SHAPIRO is a qualitative health researcher at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. 

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lenore Manderson
Note on transliteration
Introduction    
1. “Are these machines dangerous?”: Factory Accidents, Risk, and Labor
2. Päakkam: Habit, Care, and Recovery
3. Form, function, and productivity at the hospital
4. Futures, care, and capitalism    
5. Labor law and responsibility    
Conclusion: What is a hand?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index