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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973521203321

Autore

Frasca Tim

Titolo

AIDS in Latin America / / by T. Frasca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611364366

9781281364364

1281364363

9781403979087

1403979081

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 261 p.)

Disciplina

362.196/9792/0098

Soggetti

Economic development

Development economics

Ethnology - Latin America

Culture

America - History

Ethnology

Sociology

Development Studies

Development Economics

Latin American Culture

History of the Americas

Ethnography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Two lives -- Ch. 1. Peru : testing, testing -- Fame -- Ch. 2. Mexico : fatal advances -- Penalolen -- Ch. 3. Costa Rica : the velvet glove -- The Gospel -- Ch. 4. Guatemala : the iron fist -- Rapid intervention -- Ch. 5. Trinidad and Tobago : living with people living with HIV/AIDS -- Air travel -- Ch. 6. Argentina : split perspicacity -- Turnpike -- Ch. 7. Brazil : seductive models -- Mentor -- Ch. 8. Chile : seizing



empowerment.

Sommario/riassunto

In this revealing book Timothy Frasca uncovers the enormous cultural changes which have taken place throughout Latin America as a result of the disease. He brings issues such as sexuality, class, and religious beliefs into the open for the first time. Compelling interviews with activists, people with AIDS, government leaders, and church leaders-all show how the epidemic has developed. Frasca draws lessons from Latin America and the strong activist involvement that succeeded in increasing government resources to fight the disease. Tragic tales and gripping narratives are intermixed with the first set of comprehensive epidemic statistics from the continent, eagerly awaited by the World Health community.