UID:
almahu_9948197322902882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 277 pages) :
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9781444306170
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1444306170
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9781444306163
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1444306162
Content:
"AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the authors own extensive ethnographic research. Based on the author's own story growing up in South Africa. Looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs. Discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana. Includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family's struggle with AIDS"--Provided by publisher.
Note:
The culture of science and the feminization of HIV/AIDS -- Imperial moralities and grassroots realities -- The transition to a new South Africa : hope, science, and democracy -- Of Nevirapine and African potatoes : shifts in public discourse -- The difference in pain : infected and affected / by Sibongele Mkhize -- Contested sexualities -- Public spaces of women's autonomy : health activism -- "Where are our condoms?" : Namibia -- Ju/'hoansi women in the age of HIV : an exceptional case -- Changing times, changing strategies : women leaders among the Ju -- "The power of practical thinking" : the role of organic intellectuals -- Conclusions : neoliberalism, gender, and resistance.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Susser, Ida. AIDS, sex, and culture. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 ISBN 9781405155861
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9781444306163
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444306163
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444306163
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444306163
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