03936nam 2200697Ia 450 991081350900332120200520144314.01-282-36077-997866123607700-520-94265-510.1525/9780520942653(CKB)1000000000799026(EBL)470990(OCoLC)609850137(SSID)ssj0000312387(PQKBManifestationID)11292034(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312387(PQKBWorkID)10330955(PQKB)11398107(MiAaPQ)EBC470990(DE-B1597)519593(DE-B1597)9780520942653(Au-PeEL)EBL470990(CaPaEBR)ebr10675701(CaONFJC)MIL236077(EXLCZ)99100000000079902620071113d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnimagined community sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa /Robert J. Thornton1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (305 p.)California series in public anthropology ;20Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25552-6 0-520-25553-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Note on Ethnic Names and Languages --Preface --1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS --2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property --3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration --4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS --5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery --6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda --7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda --8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS --9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics --10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa --11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy --Notes --References --IndexThis groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990's in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networks-rather than changes in individual behavior-were responsible for these radical differences in HIV prevalence. Incorporating such factors as property, mobility, social status, and political authority into our understanding of AIDS transmission, Thornton's analysis also suggests new avenues for fighting the disease worldwide.California Series in Public AnthropologyAIDS (Disease)UgandaEpidemiologyAIDS (Disease)South AfricaEpidemiologyAIDS (Disease)Social aspectsUgandaAIDS (Disease)Social aspectsSouth AfricaAIDS (Disease)Epidemiology.AIDS (Disease)Epidemiology.AIDS (Disease)Social aspectsAIDS (Disease)Social aspects614.5/993920096761Thornton Robert J662467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813509003321Unimagined community4082944UNINA