Regulating Romance
Subtitle: Youth Love Letters, Moral Anxiety, and Intervention in Uganda's Time of AIDS
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780826517784
Subjects: Hiv infections; Aids (disease), africa; Youth, sexual behavior; Sexual ethics; Soga (african people); Africa, social life and customs; Social change
Description: "Shanti Parikh uses evocative stories and the innovative methodology of love letters to trace how Uganda's globally applauded HIV campaigns implemented within a context of persistent inequalities have unintentionally heightened anxiety around youth sexuality, transforming the young female body into a platform for moral debate and driving the world of youthful romance underground"--Provided by publisher.