Full Description
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
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
