Waiting to happen : HIV/AIDS in South Africa : the bigger picture
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Waiting to happen : HIV/AIDS in South Africa : the bigger picture
Lynne Rienner , Double Storey Books, 2004
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Note
"Interfund"
Drawn from material presented at the AIDS in Context Conference, held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Apr. 2001--Pref
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-139) and index
Contents of Works
- Sex and power in South Africa
- 'An epidemic waiting to happen'
- Cultural collisions: popular understandings of HIV/AIDS
- Confronting the epidemic
Description and Table of Contents
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: Lynne Rienner Pubs ISBN 9781588262639
Description
Why are more women than men in South Africa HIV positive? What explains the exponential growth of AIDS in the country? How is HIV/AIDS understood in various cultural belief systems? What can be done about the epidemic? This powerful book - incorporating evocative photographs and the voices of scholars, practitioners, and victims of the epidemic - looks at the social, cultural, and historical aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Sex and Power in South Africa. An Epidemic Waiting to Happen. Cultural Collisions: Popular Understandings of HIV/AIDS. Confronting the Epidemic.
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: Double Storey Books ISBN 9781919930398
Description
This is a powerful and important book that through evocative photographs and informative text looks at the social, cultural and historical aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Why are more women HIV positive than men? How do we explain the exponential growth of AIDS in South Africa in the 1990s? How is HIV/AIDS understood in various cultural belief systems in the country? What is to be done about the epidemic? These are some of the questions addressed in this unique book, which is aimed at general readers as well as academics, students, health care professionals and members of NGOs.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Sex and power in South Africa
- 'An epidemic waiting to happen'
- Cultural collisions: popular understandings of HIV/AIDS Popular explanations of HIV/AIDS
- Confronting the Epidemic
- Index.
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