As soon as I began my fieldwork in Guyana in July of 2014, I started to hear hushed discussions and […]
The Politics of Sobreparto: Beyond the Medical Dimensions of a Postpartum Condition
Migrant indigenous Andean women living in the lowland Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra often mention sobreparto (“following […]
Thalidomide—The Good and The Bad
I was listening to the BBC world news the other day and a story caught my attention. The story was […]
