Culture and AIDS

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Culture and AIDS

edited by Douglas A. Feldman

Praeger, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This collection is a serious attempt to explore the relationship between cultural content and the form AIDS takes in different cultural settings. Written mostly by anthropologists, these essays examine different cultural areas and AIDS: central Africa (Rwanda), New York City, Houston, and London. In addition, articles address topics such as stigmatization of AIDS victims by the press; language and AIDS; class variations in the delivery of social services as experienced by gay and bisexual men in New York City; and homophobia and AIDS. The volume is a valuable addition to the social-anthropological literature on AIDS and should be useful to professionals and for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses dealing with sociocultural aspects of AIDS. Choice AIDS has become a pandemic with major implications for the future vitality of humankind, according to this powerful new book compiled by the editor of the widely acclaimed The Social Dimensions of AIDS. As a cultural phenomenon the social patterning of AIDS can be explained and its direction largely predicted. Culture and AIDS is written almost entirely by anthropologists and represents the interest of dozens of anthropologists and represents the anthropologists' interest in AIDS related research and activities. Thirteen essays explore the social and cultural context of AIDS related behavior and clarify key domains in AIDS and the social sciences. This volume seeks to broaden its readers' understanding of how AIDS is changing our lives as it redirects human experience. Culture and AIDS is not intended as an introduction to AIDS. It looks at AIDS as a cultural phenomenon. It includes an introduction and postscript by its editor, Douglas A Feldman. Eleven essays explore: AIDS in Rwanda (Central Africa); A Haitian village handling AIDS; possible cofactors in HIV transmission; social service needs of gay men with AIDS in NYC; psychological factors influencing adjustment among HIV-infected gay men in Houston; social behavior of female prostitutes in London; social effects of AIDS on minority women; AIDS-related stigma in the press; language and AIDS; and other AIDS related areas.

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Preface Introduction: Culture and AIDS by Douglas A. Feldman AIDS in Cultural, Historic and Epidemiologic Context by S.C. McCombie The Sick Role, Stigma, and Pollution: The Case of AIDS by Michael D. Quam Assessing Viral, Parasitic and Sociocultural Cofactors Affecting HIV-1 Transmission in Rwanda by Douglas A. Feldman AIDS and the Pathogenesis of Metaphor by Christopher C. Taylor AIDS and Accusation: Haiti, Haitians, and the Geography of Blame by Paul Farmer Prostitute Women and the Ideology of Work in London by Sophie Day Minority Women and AIDS: Culture, Race and Gender by Dooley Worth Language and AIDS by William L. Leap AIDS and Obituaries: The Perpetuation of Stigma in the Press by Peter M. Nardi Sex, Politics, and Guilt: A Study of Homophobia and the AIDS Phenomenon by Norris G. Lang Increasing the Cost of Living: Class and Exploitation in the Delivery of Social Services to Persons with AIDS by Juliet A. Niehaus Postscript: Anthropology and AIDS by Douglas A. Feldman Index

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