Dengue Fever and the Discourse of Blame: An Ethnographic Study in a Thai Village That Produces “Lucky Bamboo”

• Main Authors: Wongnuch, Pilasinee, Boonmongkon, Pimpawun, Guadamuz, Thomas E.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: blame; critical discourse analysis; dengue fever; ethnography; lucky bamboo village
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol19/iss2/11; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1227/viewcontent/RA_2010.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper aims to investigate the dengue fever discourse and discursive practices in a Thai village that produces lucky bamboo in terms of the source of poor sanitary, vector breeding, site of transmission, and responses of those in the village. In particular, villagers who produce lucky bamboo hav...