A courtship after marriage [[electronic resource] ] : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch
| A courtship after marriage [[electronic resource] ] : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch |
| Autore | Hirsch Jennifer S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.81/0972 |
| Soggetto topico |
Marriage - Mexico
Marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region Man-woman relationships - Mexico Man-woman relationships - Georgia - Atlanta Region Mexicans - Sexual behavior Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - Georgia - Atlanta Region Companionate marriage - Mexico Companionate marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region |
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academic
atlanta childbirth cultural anthropology doctors domestic ethnographic ethnography fertility issues fertility rate fertility gender studies gender immigrants latin america marriage and family marriage medical science mexico reproduction reproductive health rural communities rural mexico scholarly sexual intercourse sexuality social changes womens health womens issues |
| ISBN |
1-59734-451-6
0-520-93583-7 9786612762499 1-282-76249-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | "Here with us", introduction to a transnational community -- From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals -- "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community -- Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect -- "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage -- Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages -- Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages. |
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Hirsch Jennifer S
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Unimagined community [[electronic resource] ] : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / / Robert J. Thornton
| Unimagined community [[electronic resource] ] : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / / Robert J. Thornton |
| Autore | Thornton Robert J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/993920096761 |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
AIDS (Disease) - Uganda - Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - Epidemiology AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Uganda AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - South Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century south african history
20th century ugandan history african history aids in africa aids prevention aids transmission aids anthropology civil society disease doctor family structure fertility rate global disaster healthcare hiv prevalence hiv individual behavior local knowledge medicine mobility omission political authority political response politics property sex sexual networks sexual transmission social status south africa uganda |
| ISBN |
1-282-36077-9
9786612360770 0-520-94265-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
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Thornton Robert J
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