03519nam 2200661Ia 450 991045760490332120200520144314.01-283-30392-297866133039290-520-93302-810.1525/9780520933026(CKB)2550000000050497(EBL)787370(OCoLC)757261285(SSID)ssj0000533853(PQKBManifestationID)11359962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533853(PQKBWorkID)10492312(PQKB)10014427(MiAaPQ)EBC787370(DE-B1597)520560(OCoLC)1110711940(DE-B1597)9780520933026(Au-PeEL)EBL787370(CaPaEBR)ebr10508834(CaONFJC)MIL330392(EXLCZ)99255000000005049720051209d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAids and accusation[electronic resource] Haiti and the geography of blame /Paul FarmerUpdated with a new preface.Berkeley University of CA Pressc20061 online resource (376 p.)Comparative studies of health systems and medical careDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-24839-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-331) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- From Haiti to Rwanda: AIDS and Accusations -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Water Refugees -- 3. The Remembered Valley -- 4. The Alexis Advantage: The Retaking of Kay -- 5. The Struggle for Health -- 6. 1986 and Mer: Narrative Truth and Political Change -- 7. Manno -- 8. Anita -- 9. Dieudonné -- 10. "A Place Ravaged by AIDS" -- 11. A Chronology of the AIDSIHIV Epidemic in Haiti -- 12. HIV in Haiti: The Dimensions of the Problem -- 13. Haiti and the "Accepted fisk Factors" -- 14. AIDS in the Caribbean: The "West Atlantic Pandemic" -- 15. Many Masters: The European Domination of Haiti -- 16. The Nineteenth Century: One Hundred Years of Solitude? -- 17. The United States and the People with History -- 18. AIDS and Sorcery: Accusation' in the Village -- 19. AIDS and Racism: Accusation in the Center -- 20. AIDS and Empire: Accusation in the Periphery -- 21. Blame, Cause, Etiology, and Accusation -- 22. Conclusion: AIDS and an Anthropology of Suffering -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexDoes the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new preface added.Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.AIDS (Disease)HaitiMedical anthropologyHaitiElectronic books.AIDS (Disease)Medical anthropology306.4/61Farmer Paul1959-532107MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457604903321Aids and accusation2457765UNINA