Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa.

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This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thornton, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Colección:California series in public anthropology.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Uganda > Epidemiology.
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa > Epidemiology.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > Uganda.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > South Africa.
Medical policy.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Anthropology, Cultural > methods
Health Policy
Sexual Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Sida > Ouganda > Épidémiologie.
Sida > Afrique du Sud > Épidémiologie.
Sida > Aspect social > Ouganda.
Sida > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud.
Politique sanitaire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Medical policy
AIDS (Disease) > Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Epidemiology
South Africa > Epidemiology.
Uganda > Epidemiology.
South Africa
Uganda
20th century south african history.
20th century ugandan history.
african history.
aids in africa.
aids prevention.
aids transmission.
aids.
anthropology.
civil society.
disease.
doctor.
family structure.
fertility rate.
global disaster.
healthcare.
hiv prevalence.
hiv.
individual behavior.
local knowledge.
medicine.
mobility.
omission.
political authority.
political response.
politics.
property.
sex.
sexual networks.
sexual transmission.
social status.
south africa.
uganda.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Names and Languages; Preface; 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS; 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property; 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration; 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS; 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery; 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda; 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda.
  • 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics; 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa; 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy; Notes; References; Index.

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