Targets of Salvation: Ovumuila Women with Tuberculosis and the Potential of the "Unreached" in Medical Mission

Authors

  • Rebecca Plett McMaster University

Keywords:

tuberculosis, Angola, targets, medicine, Christianity, risk

Abstract

The colonial history and political economy of Angola through years of conflict have marginalized the Ovumuila, a proportionately small ethnic group living primarily in the southwestern corner of the country. Yet it is precisely this constructed "backwardness" that has, ironically, rendered them targets of the contemporary colonialist enterprise of medicine and evangelical Christian mission. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at a rural clinic, this article discusses how Ovumuila women with tuberculosis are characterized as "unreached" and "at risk," thus providing the impetus for an incessant and penetrating agenda of salvation.

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Published

2015-04-30

How to Cite

Plett, R. (2015). Targets of Salvation: Ovumuila Women with Tuberculosis and the Potential of the "Unreached" in Medical Mission. Anthropologica, 57(1), 199–209. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/516

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2015): Kinship Travel: Relatedness through International Tourism and Travel Networks

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Copyright (c) 2015 Rebecca Plett

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