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oapen-20.500.12657-300352024-03-25T09:51:41Z Impotent Warriors Kilshaw, Susie Anthropology medical anthropology health and wellness disease and society social construction of illness First Gulf War social psychology health scares Masculinity Semen Vaccine thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSX Human biology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology From 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. 2018-05-18 23:55 2020-03-20 03:00:28 2020-04-01T12:43:11Z 2020-04-01T12:43:11Z 2008-12-01 book 650061 OCN: 994874153 9781785336591 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30035 eng application/pdf n/a 650061.pdf Berghahn Books 10.2307/j.ctt9qdd0b 101587 10.2307/j.ctt9qdd0b 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781785336591 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 101587 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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From 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.
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