Yiling Hung
Biographic Data
| ID | 656645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yiling Hung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yiling |
| FAMILY NAME | Hung |
| SIGNATURE | HUNG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7059-3778 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Curing Leprosy with DDS
This article addresses the question of how the belief that leprosy is curable became an accepted scientific statement during the processes of colonization and postwar nation-building. Following the use of chaulmoogra oil to the introduction of diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) as a cure for leprosy, the article shows how medical workers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, two contact zones in the global leprosy network, helped transform leprosy medicine into a …
Leprosy Doctors in China’s Post-Imperial Experimentation
Social researchers studying diseases frequently have to answer the question: How is this relevant to other people? “Other people,” of course, refers to those members of society who do not suffer fr
The body mechanical
When Hansen's disease became treatable in Taiwan in the mid-20th century, a group of Hansen's disease patients lost their sick role despite still having lingering symptoms that continued to evolve. While sociologists have explored in-depth situations in which the social role of the sick is ambiguous, few studies have investigated body experiences under liminality that requires sick people to find a new sick role. Living with lingering symptoms in…
Infraordinary Ties and Place-Making at a Convenience Store in West Los Angeles
This article focuses on the quotidian interactions taking place at a seemingly unimportant location-a convenience store-and how these interactions animate the space as one of multiple frames. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a convenience store in West Los Angeles, I argue that an important part of what makes an urban space such as the convenience store viable is how space and crowds align in a way that allows for relational fluidity. This argu…
Infraordinary Ties and Place-Making at a Convenience Store in West Los Angeles
This article focuses on the quotidian interactions taking place at a seemingly unimportant location-a convenience store-and how these interactions animate the space as one of multiple frames. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a convenience store in West Los Angeles, I argue that an important part of what makes an urban space such as the convenience store viable is how space and crowds align in a way that allows for relational fluidity. This argu…
Infraordinary Ties and Place-Making at a Convenience Store in West Los Angeles
This article focuses on the quotidian interactions taking place at a seemingly unimportant location-a convenience store-and how these interactions animate the space as one of multiple frames. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a convenience store in West Los Angeles, I argue that an important part of what makes an urban space such as the convenience store viable is how space and crowds align in a way that allows for relational fluidity. This argu…
The body mechanical
When Hansen's disease became treatable in Taiwan in the mid-20th century, a group of Hansen's disease patients lost their sick role despite still having lingering symptoms that continued to evolve. While sociologists have explored in-depth situations in which the social role of the sick is ambiguous, few studies have investigated body experiences under liminality that requires sick people to find a new sick role. Living with lingering symptoms in…
Leprosy Doctors in China’s Post-Imperial Experimentation
Social researchers studying diseases frequently have to answer the question: How is this relevant to other people? “Other people,” of course, refers to those members of society who do not suffer fr
Curing Leprosy with DDS
This article addresses the question of how the belief that leprosy is curable became an accepted scientific statement during the processes of colonization and postwar nation-building. Following the use of chaulmoogra oil to the introduction of diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) as a cure for leprosy, the article shows how medical workers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, two contact zones in the global leprosy network, helped transform leprosy medicine into a …
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works) · Leprosy (2 works) · Leprosy Research and Treatment (2 works)