Medicine Stories
History, Culture and the Politics of Integrity
South End Press · Print & ebook · July 1, 1999
Drawing vibrant connections between the colonization of whole nations, the health of the mountainsides and the abuse of individual women, children and men,Medicine Stories offers the paradigm of integrity as a political model to people who hunger for a world of justice, health and love.
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- Who it’s for
- An incisive look at how culture, history, and integrity keep pressing on one another.
- Genres
- Activism & Social Justice, Feminist Theory & Criticism, Social Science Essays
- Published
- South End Press, July 1, 1999
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Drawing vibrant connections between the colonization of whole nations, the health of the mountainsides and the abuse of individual women, children and men,Medicine Stories offers the paradigm of integrity as a political model to people who hunger for a world of justice, health and love.
What Lands Here
An incisive look at how culture, history, and integrity keep pressing on one another.
Come here for
- history, culture, integrity
- layered criticism with a political edge
Expect
- critical, reflective pacing
- ideas that shape worldview
Where it sits
| Feminist Theory & Criticism | 35% |
|---|---|
| Social Science Essays | 30% |
| Activism & Social Justice | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Studies
- Authors
- Aurora Levins Morales
- Publisher
- South End Press
- Published
- July 1, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women's Studies