AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa

AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa
ISBN-10
144435910X
ISBN-13
9781444359107
Category
Social Science
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2011-09-09
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Ida Susser

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

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