Susser, Ida
AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa
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
Keywords: Medical Anthropology, AIDS epidemic, anthropology, public health, ethnography, gender, grassroots activism, South Africa, Namibia, Kalahari, San people
- Author(s)
- Susser, Ida
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 304 pages
- Category
- Geography, Travel
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444359107
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405155878