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PMID: 21082484 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Thousands of patients with incurable neurodegenerative conditions from more than 60 countries have sought fetal cell transplants in China since 2001. Drawing on 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I investigate these transnational encounters occurring in the realm of experimental medicine. Critiquing popular notions of "medical tourism," I develop the alternative concept of "biotech pilgrimage" to reveal how faith intertwines with technology, travel, and the political economies of health care and medical research in a global era. Insights from pilgrimage theory enable us to question assumptions of leisure embedded in claims of tourism while also exploring new biopolitical practices that extend beyond the borders of the nation-state. I also demonstrate how materialist visions of salvation underlie medical practice and contribute to China's rising influence as a global technological leader. |
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Priscilla Song |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
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Title: Medical anthropology Volume: 29 ISSN: 1545-5882 ISO Abbreviation: Med Anthropol Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
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Created Date: 2010-11-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7707343 Medline TA: Med Anthropol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 384-402 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA. priscillasong@wustl.edu |
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