Bodies and viruses : biomedicalizing hepatitis B in shaping South Korea's nationhood

Hepatitis B was a stigmatizing disease because of its reputation as a problem of underdeveloped countries and marginalized people. Biomedicine, including vaccination and science-based sanitation, was regarded as the only effective measure against it. Hence, some scholars have assumed that bodies and...

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Main Author: Park, Hyung Wook
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138101
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English