{"product_id":"maraa-lina-pinto-garca-9780226839325","title":"Mara?a: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia","description":"\u003cb\u003eDelves into the relationship between war and disease, focusing on Colombian armed conflict and the skin disease known as \u003ci\u003ecutaneous leishmaniasis.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cutaneous leishmaniasis, transmitted by female sandflies, produces skin lesions of varying size and shape. In Colombia, the insect vector of the disease is native to the same forested environments that have served as the main stage for one of the longest and most violent wars in Latin American history. As a result, the populations most affected by leishmaniasis in Colombia are members of the state army and nonstate armed groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lina Pinto-Garc?a explores how leishmaniasis and the armed conflict are inextricably connected and mutually reinforcing. \u003ci\u003eMara?a \u003c\/i\u003emeans \"tangle\" in Spanish but is also commonly used in Colombia to name the entangled greenery, braided lianas, and dense foliage that characterize the tropical forests where leishmaniasis transmission typically occurs. Pinto-Garc?a argues that leishmaniasis and the war are not merely linked but \u003ci\u003eenmara?adas \u003c\/i\u003eto each other through narratives, technologies, and practices produced by the state, medicine, biomedical research, and the armed conflict itself. All told, \u003ci\u003eMara?a \u003c\/i\u003eis a passionate study of how war has shaped the production of scientific knowledge about leishmaniasis and access to its treatments in Colombia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lina Pinto-Garc?a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022683932X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226839325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Lina Pinto-Garc?a","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571010851071,"sku":"9780226839325","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1d0163e-6339-496b-b561-49c4b7691a1a.jpg?v=1738807001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maraa-lina-pinto-garca-9780226839325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}