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AIDS, Sex, and Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa



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Autore: Susser Ida Visualizza persona
Titolo: AIDS, Sex, and Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina: 326.196979200820968
362.196/979200968
362.196979200820968
362.196979200968
Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Africa, Southern
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
Women's Health
Preventive Health Services
Gender Identify
Socioeconomic Factors
Sexual Behavior
Soggetto geografico: Africa South of the Sahara
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; Preface - Southern Africa: A Personal Geography, History, and Politics; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Global, Inequality, Women, and HIV/AIDS; 1: The Culture of Science and the Feminization of HIV/AIDS; 2: Imperial Moralities and Grassroots Realities; 3: The Transition to a New South Africa: Hope, Science, and Democracy; 4: Of Nevirapine and African Potatoes: Shifts in Public Discourse; 5: The Difference in Pain: Infected and Affected; 6: Contested Sexualities; 7: Public Spaces of Women's Autonomy: Health Activism; 8: "Where Are Our Condoms?" - Namibia
9: Ju/'hoansi Women in the Age of HIV: An Exceptional Case10: Changing Times, Changing Strategies: Women Leaders Among the Ju; 11: "The Power of Practical Thinking" - The Role of Organic Intellectuals; 12: Conclusions: Neoliberalism, Gender, and Resistance; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research.based on the author's own story growing up in South Africa looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own fa
Titolo autorizzato: AIDS, Sex, and Culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-11605-3
9786612116056
1-4443-0616-2
1-4443-0617-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910830301603321
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