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About this book
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
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- List of Figures
- Introduction: Global, Inequality, Women, and HIV/AIDS
- 1: The Culture of Science and the Feminization of HIV/AIDS
- 2: Imperial Moralities and Grassroots Realities
- 3: The Transition to a New South Africa: Hope, Science, and Democracy
- 4: Of Nevirapine and African Potatoes: Shifts in Public Discourse
- 5: The Difference in Pain: Infected and Affected By Sibongile Mkhize
- 6: Contested Sexualities
- 7: Public Spaces of Women’s Autonomy: Health Activism
- 8: “Where Are Our Condoms?” – Namibia
- 9: Ju/’hoansi Women in the Age of HIV: An Exceptional Case
- 10: Changing Times, Changing Strategies: Women Leaders Among the Ju
- 11: “The Power of Practical Thinking” – The Role of Organic Intellectuals
- 12: Conclusions: Neoliberalism, Gender, and Resistance
- Note
- Bibliography
- Index