AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa : collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia / / Carolyn Baylies and Janet Bujra [editors] ; with the Gender and AIDS Group

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/969792/009678; 616
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Tanzania; AIDS (Disease) - Zambia
• Altri autori: BayliesCarolyn L <1947-> (Carolyn Louise) BujraJanet M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Perspectives on gender and AIDS in Africa; Responses to the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania and Zambia; AIDS in Kapulanga, Mongu: poverty, neglect and gendered patterns of blame; Sinners and outsiders: the drama of AIDS in Rungwe; AIDS in Kanyama: contested sexual practice and the gendered dynamics of community interventions; Target practice: gender and generational struggles in AIDS prevention work in Lushoto ; Reconciling individual costs with collective benefits: women organising against AIDS in MansaAIDS activism in Dar es Salaam: many struggles; a single goal; The struggle continues: some conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention. This book may change the way we think about AIDS and how it is being addressed in Africa and the rest of the world.The book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and Tanzania, and focuses on the gendered aspect of the struggle against AIDS.The authors study the severity of the epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society in Tanzania and Zamb
• Titolo autorizzato: AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa
• ISBN: 1-135-43408-5; 1-135-43409-3; 1-280-40644-5; 0-203-49529-2; 9786610406449
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910172233403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social aspects of AIDS.