Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health

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University of North Carolina Press, 2001 - Medical - 338 pages
This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an "invisible" malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering.

Set in Memphis, home

About the author (2001)

Author of the award-winning "Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America," Keith Wailoo is Martin Luther King Professor of History, jointly appointed in the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, at Rutgers University. In 1999 he received the prestigious James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowship in the History of Science.

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