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AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa : collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia /

This text aims to 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 investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and Tanzania, and focuses on the gendered aspect of the struggle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Gender and AIDS Group
Otros Autores: Baylies, Carolyn L. (Carolyn Louise), 1947-, Bujra, Janet M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [London] : Taylor & Francis, 2000.
Colección:Social aspects of AIDS.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Perspectives on gender and AIDS in Africa; Responses to the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania and Zambia; AIDS in Kapulanga, Mongu: poverty, neglect and gendered patterns of blame; Sinners and outsiders: the drama of AIDS in Rungwe; AIDS in Kanyama: contested sexual practice and the gendered dynamics of community interventions; Target practice: gender and generational struggles in AIDS prevention work in Lushoto
  • Reconciling individual costs with collective benefits: women organising against AIDS in MansaAIDS activism in Dar es Salaam: many struggles; a single goal; The struggle continues: some conclusions; Bibliography; Index