AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal : A Kinship of Bones /

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Patricia C. Henderson, a South African anthropologist, resided from March 2003 to February 2006 in Okhahlamba, a municipality in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. In this book, she recounts her experience among this rural population who lived under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Spanning a perio...

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Autor principal: Henderson, Patricia C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]
Colección:Care and Welfare Series
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa.
HIV-positive persons > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Vertiginous Body And Social Metamorphosis
  • 2. Mortality And The Ethics Of Ethnographic Research
  • 3. Children And Youth In Pursuit Of Care
  • 4. Healers Negotiating The Local And The Global
  • 5. Love In A Time Of Adversity
  • 6. On Accompanying The Ill
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Interlocutors And Research Methods
  • Acronyms
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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