Fighting for Breath: Living Morally and Dying of Cancer in a Chinese Village

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Guide to Key Places and People xiii Introduction 1 PArt 1: Foundations Chapter 1: Cancer and Contending Forms of Morality 17 Chapter 2: The Evolving Moral World of Langzhong 51 PArt 2: Making Sense of Cancer Chapter 3: Water, Hard Work, and Farm Chemicals: The Moral Economy of Cancer 91 Chapter 4: Gendered Hardship, Emotions, and the Ambiguity of Blame 117 Chapter 5: Xiguan, Consumption, and Shifting Cancer Etiologies 144 PArt 3: Strategies of Care and Mourning Chapter 6: Performing Closeness, Negotiating Family Relations, and the Cost of Cancer 177 Chapter 7: Perceived Efficacy, Social Identities, and the Rejection of Cancer Surgery 200 Chapter 8: Family Relations and Contested Religious Moralities 230 Conclusion 258 Appendix 1: Questionnaire (English Translation) 267 Appendix 2: List of Pesticides Used in Langzhong and Their Health Effects 269 Notes 273 References 285 Index 313 ...