Landscapes of activism : civil society and HIV and AIDS care in northern Mozambique /

AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However, the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. Reed shows that in Africa, superimposing a Western idea of what activism should look like actually hamp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Joel Christian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Colección:Medical anthropology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
Sida > Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Studying HIV and HIV positive persons
  • "Movements" of the past : Mozambique, caridade, and treatment in Africa
  • AIDs associations in Cabo Delgado Province
  • Challenges to HIV/AIDs activism in the "sub-universe" of Cabo Delgado
  • The (dis)integration of the day hospitals
  • Biosocial governmentality.

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