Representing Ebola: Culture, Law, and Public Discourse about the 2013–2015 West African Ebola Outbreak (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities)

Synopsis

Arguing About The Cultural And Legal Meanings Of The 2013-2015 West African Ebola Outbreak -- Ngo Organizational Tales, The Discovery Of Patient Zero, And Msf's Stories About The Origins Of The 2013-2015 West African Ebola Outbreak -- The Legal And Ethical Duties That Are Owed To Contact Tracers And Other West African Volunteer -- The Saga Of Kaci Hickox And The Nature, Scope, And Limits Of Human Rights Discourses In Ebola Contexts -- The Imf, The World Bank, And Debates About The Role Of Political Economy In Ebola Outbreak Contexts -- Anticipating The Ebola Apocalypse And American Mediascapes -- Liberia's 2014 Autoimmunization Of The West Point Suburb And The Return Of The Colonial Cordon Sanitaire -- Belated Military Humanitarianism And American Ebola Exceptionalism During The West African Ebola Outbreak, 2014-2015 -- The Legal And Cultural Legacies Of The 2013-2015 West African Outbreak. Marouf A. Hasian Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.