A Fraught Embrace : The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa /

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The complex relationships between altruists, beneficiaries, and brokers in the global effort to fight AIDS in AfricaIn the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives. A Fraught Embrace s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Swidler, Ann (Autor), Watkins, Susan Cotts (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology ; 72
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Patients > Services for > Malawi.
AIDS (Disease) > Malawi.
Antiretroviral agents > Malawi.
HIV infections > Social aspects > Malawi.
Non-governmental organizations > Malawi.
Voluntarism > Malawi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries.
AIDS altruism.
AIDS enterprise.
AIDS money.
AIDS organizations.
AIDS pandemic.
AIDS policy.
AIDS.
Africa.
African aid.
Africans.
Global Fund.
HIV virus.
HIV.
Malawi.
Malawian brokers.
Malawians.
NGOs.
PEPFAR.
Save the Children.
USAID.
Unites States.
aid chain.
altruism.
altruists.
beneficiary.
bilateral donors.
brokers.
career aspirations.
counseling.
cultural practices.
donors.
economic mobility.
education.
epidemic.
evaluation.
fighting stigma.
foreign altruists.
funders.
global AIDS system.
global philanthropy.
guides.
harmful practices.
institutional altruists.
journalists.
lock donors.
malice.
merit.
middlemen.
miracles.
mutual aid.
orphans.
poverty.
project evaluation.
routinized activities.
sexual practices.
testimonials.
training.
villagers.
vulnerable women.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Altruism from Afar
  • 2. Fevered Imaginations
  • 3. Lumbering Behemoths and Fluttering Butterflies: Altruists in the Global AIDS Enterprise
  • 4. Cultural Production: A Riot of Color
  • 5. Getting to Know Brokers
  • 6. Brokers' Careers: Merit, Miracles, and Malice
  • 7. Themes That Make Everyone Happy: Fighting Stigma and Helping Orphans
  • 8. Themes That Make Everyone Anxious: Vulnerable Women and Harmful Cultural Practices
  • 9. A Practice That Makes Everyone Happy: Training
  • 10. Creating Success
  • 11. Conclusions: Doing Good Better
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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