Download or read book Curative Powers written by Paula Michaels and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curative Powers combines post-colonial theory with ethnographic research to reconstruct how the Soviet government used medicine and public health policy to transform the society, politics, and culture of its outlying regions, specifically Kazakhstan. Winner of the 2003 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.