Mosquito Trails Ecology Health & The Politics Of Entanglement

Dengue fever is the worldand#8217;s most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health approaches to animal-borne illness, Mosquito Trails tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval. Blending theory from medical anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology studies, Nading develops the concept of and#147;the politics of entanglementand#8221; to describe how Nicaraguans strive to remain alive to the world around them despite global health strategies that seek to insulate them from their environments. This innovative ethnography illustrates the continued significance of local environmental histories, politics, and household dynamics to the making and unmaking of a global pandemic.

Alex M. Nading is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.and#160;

Acknowledgments

Guide to Acronyms

Introduction:and#160; Dengue in the Landscape

Part One: Infrastructure

Chapter 1: City of Emergencies

Chapter 2: Patrons, Clients, and Parasites

Part Two: Bodies

Chapter 3: Householding and Evangelical Ecology

Chapter 4: Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores

Part Three: Knowledge

Chapter 5: Stories of Surveillance and Participation

Chapter 6: Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index