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020 $a9781845455262
020 $a9781785336591
024 7 $a$2doi
041 0 $aeng
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072 7 $aPSXM$2bicssc
100 1 $aKilshaw, Susie$4aut
245 10 $aImpotent Warriors
260 $a$bBerghahn Books$c20081201
520 $aFrom September 1990 to June 1991, the UK deployed 53,462 military personnel in the Gulf War. After the end of the conflict anecdotal reports of various disorders affecting troops who fought in the Gulf began to surface. This mysterious illness was given the name ?Gulf War Syndrome? (GWS). This book is an investigation into this recently emergent illness, describing how the illness became a potent symbol for a plethora of issues, anxieties, and concerns. At present, the debate about GWS is polarized along two lines: there are those who think it is a unique, organic condition caused by Gulf War toxins and those who argue that it is probably a psychological condition that can be seen as part of a larger group of illnesses. With an anthropological focus on nuances and subtleties, the author provides a new approach to understanding GWS, one that makes sense of the cultural circumstances, specific and general, that gave rise to the illness.
536 $aKnowledge Unlatched$c101587$bKU Select 2017: Backlist Collection
546 $aEnglish.
650 7 $aMedical anthropology$2bicssc
653 $aAnthropology
653 $amedical anthropology
653 $ahealth and wellness
653 $adisease and society
653 $asocial construction of illness
653 $aFirst Gulf War
653 $asocial psychology
653 $ahealth scares
856 40 $uhttp://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=650061$zAccess full text online
856 40 $uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode$zCreative Commons License