Shir Lerman Ginzburg is assistant professor of public health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University.

Written from the perspective of biocultural critical medical anthropology, but adding to the powerful legacy of Sidney Mintz’s influential book Sugar and Power, Shir Lerman Ginzburg offers a moving ethnographic account of sugar colonialism, diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico. Rich with the perspectives and experiences of her interlocutor participants, this insightful text is a significant contribution to the decolonization of health movement.

• Part I: The Individual and the HistoricalChapter 1 Gastronomic Colonization: The Politics of Food InsecurityChapter 2 Melancholy and Power[lessness]: Depression in the Age of ColonizationChapter 3 Diabetes: The Pissing EvilePart II: The Social and the StructuralChapter 4 Loved and Loathed: Structural Health and Politics in Puerto RicoChapter 5 Biological ViolenceChapter 6 Health in the Streets: Taking Action for Puerto Rico

Shir Lerman Ginzburg is assistant professor of public health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University.

Written from the perspective of biocultural critical medical anthropology, but adding to the powerful legacy of Sidney Mintz’s influential book Sugar and Power, Shir Lerman Ginzburg offers a moving ethnographic account of sugar colonialism, diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico. Rich with the perspectives and experiences of her interlocutor participants, this insightful text is a significant contribution to the decolonization of health movement.

• Part I: The Individual and the HistoricalChapter 1 Gastronomic Colonization: The Politics of Food InsecurityChapter 2 Melancholy and Power[lessness]: Depression in the Age of ColonizationChapter 3 Diabetes: The Pissing EvilePart II: The Social and the StructuralChapter 4 Loved and Loathed: Structural Health and Politics in Puerto RicoChapter 5 Biological ViolenceChapter 6 Health in the Streets: Taking Action for Puerto Rico

Shir Lerman Ginzburg is assistant professor of public health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University.

Written from the perspective of biocultural critical medical anthropology, but adding to the powerful legacy of Sidney Mintz’s influential book Sugar and Power, Shir Lerman Ginzburg offers a moving ethnographic account of sugar colonialism, diabetes, depression, and food insecurity in Puerto Rico. Rich with the perspectives and experiences of her interlocutor participants, this insightful text is a significant contribution to the decolonization of health movement.

• Part I: The Individual and the HistoricalChapter 1 Gastronomic Colonization: The Politics of Food InsecurityChapter 2 Melancholy and Power[lessness]: Depression in the Age of ColonizationChapter 3 Diabetes: The Pissing EvilePart II: The Social and the StructuralChapter 4 Loved and Loathed: Structural Health and Politics in Puerto RicoChapter 5 Biological ViolenceChapter 6 Health in the Streets: Taking Action for Puerto Rico