Selling immunity : self, culture and economy in healthcare and medicine /
Mark Davis.
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- 1 online resource.
- Critical approaches to health .
Framing immunity -- What can immunity do? -- Immunological narratives -- The popularisation of immunology -- Immunity and digital media -- Immune selves -- Fragile immunitary economies -- Immunity and its discontents.
"Selling Immunity: Self, Culture and Economy in Healthcare and Medicine provides a groundbreaking spotlight on the ways in which immunity shapes life. Through its up-to-date discussion of immunity cultures, alongside detailed real-world examples, the book demonstrates how immunity is enmeshed in concepts of possessive individualism, self-defence and health consumerism"--