FoodReview

FoodReview
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Total Pages: 56
Release: 1996
Genre: Agriculture
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Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems
Author: James MacLynn Wilce
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780415310048

This book introduces a provocative new branch of social theory: the hypothesis that immunity and disease are in part socially constituted. It suggests that immune systems function not only as material entities but also as social symbols.