Covid and custom in rural South Africa : culture, healthcare and the state /

"This book explores the impact of Covid-19, and the associated state lockdown, on rural lives in a former homeland in South Africa. The 2020 Disaster Management Act saw the state sweep through rural areas, targeting funerals and other customary practices as potential "super-spreader"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bank, Leslie (Author), Sharpley, Nelly (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:	African arguments.
Subjects:	Medical care > South Africa. COVID-19 (Disease) > South Africa. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 > South Africa. South Africa > Social conditions > 21st century. Soins médicaux > Afrique du Sud. COVID-19 > Afrique du Sud. Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020-2023 > Afrique du Sud. Afrique du Sud > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle. Public Health. MEDICAL. Cultural. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Disease & Health Issues. Social conditions COVID-19 (Disease) Medical care South Africa Social services & welfare, criminology. Health and Wellbeing. COVID-19 South Africa. Since 2000 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Covid and Custom
Homelands Remade
Death and Naked Life
Disposable Citizens
Divided Homesteads
Gatekeepers
Exhuming Bodies
Conclusion: Post-Covid Reset.