AIDS, Sex, and Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa
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| Autore: |
Susser Ida
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| Titolo: |
AIDS, Sex, and Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa
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| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910146118003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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