Archives: Book Reviews

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Review of Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender. stef m. shuster, New York: NYU Press, 2021, 240 pp.

Mel Ferrara

September 2, 2022

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Review of Divided Bodies: Lyme Disease, Contested Illness, and Evidence‐based Medicine. Abigail A. Dumes, Durham: Duke University Press, 2020, 360 pp.

Charis Boke

June 23, 2022

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Review of Love and Liberation: Humanitarian Work in Ethiopia's Somali Region. Lauren Carruth, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2021, 240 pp.

Ramah McKay

June 23, 2022

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Review of Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military. Andrew Bickford, Durham: Duke University Press, 2020, 320 pp.

Christopher Webb

June 23, 2022

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Review of Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam. Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Raleigh: Duke University Press, 2021, 240 pp.

Martha Lincoln

June 23, 2022

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Review of The Devil's Fruit: Farmworkers, Health, and Environmental Justice. Dvera I. Saxton, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2021, 233 pp.

Nolan Kline

April 27, 2022

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Review of Extreme Weight Loss: Life before and after Bariatric Surgery. Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, and Amber Wutich, New York: NYU Press, 2021, 232 pp.

Bodil Just Christensen and Lotte Holm

April 15, 2022

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Review of Dying to Count: Post‐abortion Care and Global Reproductive Health Politics in Senegal. Siri Suh, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2021, 226 pp.

Mounia El Kotni

April 15, 2022

Book Review

Review of Reimagining Social Medicine from the South. Abigail H. Neely, Durham: Duke University Press, 2021, 169 pp.

Casey Golomski

April 15, 2022

Book Review

Review of Navigating Miscarriage: Social, Medical & Conceptual Perspectives. Susie Kilshaw and Katie Borg, editors, New York: Berghahn, 2020, 252 pp.

Christa Craven

October 11, 2021