Boys to men in the shadow of AIDS
Subtitle: masculinities and HIV risk in Zambia
By: Anthony Simpson.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: 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; HIV Infections -- ethnology -- Zambia; HIV Infections -- transmission -- Zambia; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- ethnology -- Zambia; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- transmission -- Zambia; Gender Identity -- Zambia; Men's Health -- ethnology -- Zambia; Risk-Taking -- Zambia; Sexual Behavior -- ethnology -- Zambia
Genres: Interviews.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fathers and sons : the measure of a man; title: Learning sex in and out of school; title: Sexual lives after school; title: Married life; title: Sexuality as a site of difference; title: "Has God come in another way?"; title: Responses to campaigns.