AIDS, culture, and gender in southern Africa
By: Ida Susser.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781405155861; 9781405155878
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa, Southern.; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- Africa South of the Sahara.; Gender Identity -- Africa South of the Sahara.; Preventive Health Services -- Africa South of the Sahara.; Sexual Behavior -- Africa South of the Sahara.; Socioeconomic Factors -- Africa South of the Sahara.; Women's Health -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Description: Ida Susser looks at the AIDS epidemic in Africa in terms of its impact on women. She stitches together broad discussions of global conditions and political and economic shifts with discussion of the experiences of women on the ground in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The culture of science and the feminization of aids; title: Imperial moralities; title: The transition to a new South Africa : a public discourse of hope, science, and democracy; title: Of nevirapine and wild garlic : shifts in the public discourse; title: Sibo's story / by Sibongele Mkhize; title: Contested sexualities; title: Public spaces of women's autonomy : health activism; title: 'Where are our condoms?' : Namibia; title: Ju/Hoansi women in the age of HIV : an exceptional case; title: Changing times, changing strategies : women leaders among the Ju; title: 'The power of practical thinking' : the role of organic; title: Intellectuals; title: Conclusions : neoliberalism, gender, and resistance notes.