Fencing in AIDS : gender, vulnerability, and care in Papua New Guinea /

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"In her vitally important new book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and their experiences of being on antiretroviral the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wardlow, Holly (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) in women > Papua New Guinea > Tari District > Case studies.
Sida chez la femme > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Tari (District) > Études de cas.
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Health & Fitness / Diseases / Aids & Hiv.
Health & Fitness / Women's Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
AIDS (Disease) in women
Papua New Guinea > Tari District
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In her vitally important new book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and their experiences of being on antiretroviral therapy. Alive with women's stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Making crucial interventions into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, it is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing global AIDS crises today"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520975941
0520975944

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