1st Edition
AIDS Sexuality and Gender in Africa Collective Strategies and Struggles in Tanzania and Zambia
222 Pages
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Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention. This book may change the way we think about AIDS and how it is being addressed in Africa and the rest of the world. The book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and... Read more
1. Perspectives on Gender and AIDS in Africa 2. Responses to the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania and Zambia 3. AIDS in Kapulanga, Mongu: Poverty, Neglect and Gendered Patterns of Blame 4. Sinners and Outsiders: The Drama of AIDS in Rungwe 5. AIDS in Kanyama: Contested Sexual Practice and Gendered Dynamics of Community Interventions 6. Target Practice: Gendered and Generational Struggles in AIDS Prevention Work in Lushoto 7. Reconciling Individual Costs with Collective Benefits: Women Organising Against AIDS in Mansa 8. AIDS Activism in Dar es Salaam: Many Struggles - a Single Goal 9. The Struggle Continues: Some Conclusions
Biography
Carolyn Baylies, Janet Bujra
'This book is certainly essential reading for all those working in the fields of development, African Studies and Health.' - Social Science and Medicine
