04943nam 2201105Ia 450 991078441990332120230207223838.01-281-75254-10-520-94045-897866117525451-4294-6795-90-520-90404-410.1525/9780520940451(CKB)1000000000354335(EBL)291353(OCoLC)437178346(SSID)ssj0000270933(PQKBManifestationID)11215277(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270933(PQKBWorkID)10279827(PQKB)10930991(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083872(MiAaPQ)EBC291353(DE-B1597)520952(OCoLC)126846167(DE-B1597)9780520940451(Au-PeEL)EBL291353(CaPaEBR)ebr10170969(CaONFJC)MIL175254(EXLCZ)99100000000035433520060811d2007 ub 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrWhen bodies remember[electronic resource] experiences and politics of AIDS in South Africa /Didier Fassin ; translated by Amy Jacobs and Gabrielle VarroBerkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (390 p.)California series in public anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-24467-2 0-520-25027-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-351) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction: Political Anesthesia and Anthropological Concern --1. As If Nothing Ever Happened --2. An Epidemic of Disputes --3. Anatomy of the Controversies --4. The Imprint of the Past --5. The Embodiment of the World --6. Living with Death --Conclusion: This World We Live In --Notes --Brief Chronology of South African History --Maps --Bibliography --IndexIn 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 viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.California series in public anthropology.AIDS (Disease)Social aspectsSouth AfricaAIDS (Disease)Political aspectsSouth AfricaAIDS (Disease)Government policySouth Africaaids epidemic.aids.anc government.anthropology.apartheid.colonial period.colonialism.demographic studies.dissidents.epidemiology.ethnography.genocide.global aids crisis.global controversy.government and governing.health.hiv.human tragedy.johannesburg.medical anthropology.medical research.medical.mother to child transmission.political.politics.president thabo mbeki.questionable medical research.race theory.racial inequality.social history.south africa.south african history.viral theory.AIDS (Disease)Social aspectsAIDS (Disease)Political aspectsAIDS (Disease)Government policy362.196/979200968Fassin Didier719773MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784419903321When bodies remember3695219UNINA