Format:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 365 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780520250277
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0520244672
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9780520244672
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0520250273
Series Statement:
California series in public anthropology v.15
Uniform Title:
Quand les corps se souviennent. 〈engl.〉
Content:
In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis--the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the vira
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-351) and index
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Contents; Introduction: Political Anesthesia and Anthropological Concern; 1 As If Nothing Ever Happened; The Controversy; A Life; Proposition 1:The Structures of Time; 2 An Epidemic of Disputes; Beginnings; Heresy; Proposition 2:The Con.guration of the Polemics; 3 Anatomy of the Controversies; Ordeals; Arenas; Proposition 3:The Figures of Denial; 4 The Imprint of the Past; Long Memory; Bared History; Proposition 4:The History of the Vanquished; 5 The Embodiment of the World; Behind the Landscapes; Within the Narratives; Proposition 5:The Forms of Experience; 6 Living with Death; Dying
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Born AgainProposition 6: Politics of Life; Conclusion: This World We Live In; Notes; Brief Chronology of South African History; Maps; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520250277
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe When Bodies Remember : Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa
Language:
English
