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In this incisive and immensely insightful study, Hannig moves beyond the hype of heroic surgery to examine the complex social, moral, and aesthetic landscape--the interplay of science and sanctity, loss and recovery--that comprises the intricate work of care, here as everywhere. -- Jean Comaroff, Harvard University The genius of ethnography often involves finding a practice or idea the examination of which conjures up unexpected larger insights. Hannig finds just this kind of topic in fistula repair surgery in northern Ethiopia--both for the cultural worlds of women patients and foreign missionary doctors. Beyond Surgery is a major achievement of writing and analysis. -- Donald L. Donham, University of California, Davis Hannig has written an important and deeply touching testament to the practical importance of long-term careful ethnographic research in global health. Beyond Surgery has profound implications for debates on global health disparities. It deserves to be read by anthropologists and practitioners alike. -- Stacey Langwick, Cornell University

In this incisive and immensely insightful study, Hannig moves beyond the hype of heroic surgery to examine the complex social, moral, and aesthetic landscape--the interplay of science and sanctity, loss and recovery--that comprises the intricate work of care, here as everywhere. --Jean Comaroff, Harvard University Hannig has written an important and deeply touching testament to the practical importance of long-term careful ethnographic research in global health. Beyond Surgery has profound implications for debates on global health disparities. It deserves to be read by anthropologists and practitioners alike. --Stacey Langwick, Cornell University The genius of ethnography often involves finding a practice or idea the examination of which conjures up unexpected larger insights. Hannig finds just this kind of topic in fistula repair surgery in northern Ethiopia--both for the cultural worlds of women patients and foreign missionary doctors. Beyond Surgery is a major achievement of writing and analysis. --Donald L. Donham, University of California, Davis

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Anita Hannig is assistant professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, in Massachusetts.

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