Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' S
This book explores the often contentious relationship between health, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the impact on South Asian groups. Using medical sociological and anthropological perspectives, it excavates racialised constructions of diabetes ‘ris
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ealth, Ethnicity and Diabetes
Harshad Keval
Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies
Harshad Keval Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury, Kent, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-45702-8 ISBN 978-1-137-45703-5 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-45703-5
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“For Asesha, Tayen and Ayana”
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the following people for their support, encouragement, humour, intellectual interaction, and patience. The intellectual process of writing this book is really about the culmination and emotional processing of my history—one which has been shaped by wonderful, and sometimes adverse, circumstances. I would like to thank the following people who have played a part in shaping this journey: at Preston College, Martin Holborn, for never giving up on the ‘real gone kids’ Katherine Tyler, Martin Bulmer, and Frank Pike at Surrey; My friends and colleagues at Canterbury—Daniel Smith, Julia Carter, and Matthew Ogilvie—for their support and friendship throughout the process, thanks. My thanks also go to Holly Tyler and Dominic Walker at Palgrave for their help and patience. Without the people in the communities on which this book is based, the study would not have taken place; so, my sincere thanks for the time you all took to be with me, and for your warmth. Finally, to my simply wonderful family—Asesha, Tayen, and Ayana—thank you for your patience, constant laughter, and smiles—the light in the darkness; and f
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