AIDS, sex, and culture : global politics and survival in southern Africa

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AIDS, sex, and culture : global politics and survival in southern Africa

Ida Susser ; with a contribution by Sibongile Mkhize

Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-263) and index

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AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research. based on the author's own story growing up in South Africa looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family's struggle with AIDS

Table of Contents

List of Figures vi Preface - Southern Africa: A Personal Geography, History, and Politics viii Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: Global, Inequality, Women, and HIV/AIDS 1 1 The Culture of Science and the Feminization of HIV/AIDS 17 2 Imperial Moralities and Grassroots Realities 45 3 The Transition to a New South Africa: Hope, Science, and Democracy 65 4 Of Nevirapine and African Potatoes: Shifts in Public Discourse 91 5 The Difference in Pain: Infected and Affected 107 By Sibongile Mkhize 6 Contested Sexualities 118 7 Public Spaces of Women's Autonomy: Health Activism 139 8 "Where Are Our Condoms?" - Namibia 155 9 Ju/'hoansi Women in the Age of HIV: An Exceptional Case 171 10 Changing Times, Changing Strategies: Women Leaders Among the Ju 184 11 "The Power of Practical Thinking" - The Role of Organic Intellectuals 199 12 Conclusions: Neoliberalism, Gender, and Resistance 217 Notes 222 Bibliography 237 Index 264

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