AIDS, Culture, and Africa
AIDS, Culture, and Africa
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Abstract
Too often, approaches to dealing with the problems posed by the spread of HIV have been one dimensional, with the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. This book includes chapters representing a range of original ideas, methodologies, and suggestions that contribute to the field of AIDS research, both in Africa and beyond. The chapters examine such issues as HIV transmission, condom use, sexual patterns, male circumcision, political factors, gender, poverty, and behavioral change. The book features the research of those working in different countries in Africa, with different communities within those countries, and with different age, class, religious, and ethnic groups within those communities. These previously unpublished chapters also address the need for a greater anthropological perspective in the increasingly medicalized and politicized study of HIV and AIDS. As a whole, they pave the way for a deeper cultural understanding necessary to effectively reverse the catastrophic growth of HIV/AIDS on the continent.
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Front Matter
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AIDS, Culture, and Africa: The Anthropological Perspective
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Confounding Conventional Wisdom: The Ju/'hoansi and HIV/AIDS
Richard B. Lee andIda Susser
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Gendered Responses to Living With AIDS: Case Studies in Rwanda
Ruth Kornfield andStella Babalola
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A Theory of Social Proximity: Accounting for Societal-Level Behavior Change
Kate Macintyre andCarl Kendall
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Male Circumcision in the AIDS Era: New Relevance of an Old Topic
Judith E. Brown
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Factors That Influence Ivorian Women's Risk Perception of STIs and HIV
Kim Longfield
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Courage, Conquest, and Condoms: Harmful Ideologies of Masculinity and Sexual Encounters in Zambia in the Time of HIV/AIDS
Anthony Simpson
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Attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Zambian High School Students
Douglas A. Feldman and others
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Myths of Science, Myths of Sex: Homophobia and HIV Vulnerability in Namibia
Robert Lorway
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HIV/AIDS Prevention: Strategies for Improving Prevention Efforts in Africa
Elizabeth Onjoro Meassick
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Tugende Uganda: Issues in Defining “Sex” and “Sexual Partners” in Africa
Susan McCombie andAriela Eshel
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HIV/AIDS and the Context of Polygyny and Other Marital and Sexual Unions In Africa: Implications for Risk Assessment and Interventions
Teresa Swezey andMichele Teitelbaum
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Gender, Poverty, and AIDS Risk: Case Studies from Rural Uganda
Charles B. Rwabukwali
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Culture in Action: Reactions to Social Responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa
Eleanor Preston-Whyte
- 15 Conclusion: It's Not Just About AIDS—The Underlying Agenda to Control HIV in Africa
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