Title: Boys to men in the shadow of AIDS : masculinities and HIV risk in Zambia /
Authors: Simpson, Anthony
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Manfred Mann; Sexual Behavior ethnology; Risk-Taking; Men's Health ethnology; Gender Identity; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome transmission; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ethnology; HIV Infections transmission; HIV Infections ethnology; AIDS (Disease) Social aspects Zambia.; AIDS (Disease) Risk factors Zambia.; HIV infections Risk factors Zambia.; Men Sexual behavior Zambia.; Men Zambia Attitudes.; Men Zambia Interviews.; Masculinity Zambia.; Mann.; Sexualverhalten.; AIDS.; MEDICAL AIDS & HIV.; HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases AIDS & HIV.; Development studies Developing countries.; HIV AIDS Developing countries.; Economics.; AIDS (Disease) Risk factors; AIDS (Disease) Social aspects; HIV infections Risk factors; Masculinity; Men; Men Attitudes; Men Sexual behavior; Zambia; Zambia
Abstract: The AIDS epidemic has afflicted Sub-Saharan Africa disproportionately, affecting every aspect of culture and society. In this intimate, longitudinal study Anthony Simpson analyzes the lives of a group of men who studied together at a Catholic mission school in Zambia and explores how the risk of HIV infection has shaped sexual practices. Boys to Men in the Shadow of AIDS reveals the dangerous fragility of masculinity in many men's attempts to act out the ideal of the "real man." Simpson looks at their search for meaning, and their response to both prevention and HIV testing campaigns, to suggest how to refigure masculinity and redesign gender relationships.
Contents: Fathers and sons : the measure of a man -- Learning sex in and out of school -- Sexual lives after school -- Married life -- Sexuality as a site of difference -- "Has God come in another way?" -- Responses to campaigns.