AIDS, sex, and culture
Subtitle: global politics and survival in southern Africa
By: Ida Susser ; with a contribution by Sibongile Mkhize.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: The culture of science and the feminization of HIV/AIDS; title: Imperial moralities and grassroots realities; title: The transition to a new South Africa : hope, science, and democracy; title: Of Nevirapine and African potatoes : shifts in public discourse; title: The difference in pain : infected and affected / 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 intellectuals; title: Conclusions : neoliberalism, gender, and resistance.