The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS (Body, Commodity, Text)
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The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS (Body, Commodity, Text)

by Vinh-Kim Nguyen

Public Health African Studies medical anthropology
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The Republic of Therapy explores triage and sovereignty in West Africa during the AIDS epidemic. Situated at the intersection of medicine, anthropology, and African studies, it examines how therapy, access to care, and political authority are connected in times of public health crisis.

ISBN-13 9780822348740 ASIN 0822348748 Views 192 Publisher Duke University Press Year 2010 Edition 1 Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 256 Adult No Created April 12, 2026 Updated October 21, 2026
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The Republic of Therapy examines the relationship between medical treatment and political authority in West Africa during the time of AIDS.

Focusing on triage and sovereignty, the book considers how access to therapy is organized and how decisions about care shape social and political life.

Part of the Body, Commodity, Text series, this work brings together concerns in medicine, anthropology, and African studies.

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