Infected Kin : Orphan Care and AIDS in Lesotho.

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AIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, where a quarter of adults are infected, the wide-ranging implications of the disease have been felt in every family, disrupting key aspects of social life. In Infected Kin, Ellen Block and Will McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamental...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Block, Ellen (Mary Ellen)
Other Authors: McGrath, Will
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Series:Medical anthropology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Lesotho.
AIDS (Disease) in children > Lesotho.
Orphans > Care > Lesotho.
Families > Lesotho.
Kinship > Lesotho.
Medical anthropology.
Sida > Lesotho.
Familles > Lesotho.
Parenté > Lesotho.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) in children.
Families.
Kinship.
Orphans > Care.
Lesotho.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface: On Collaboration and Suffering; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: AIDS Is a Kinship Disease; Chapter 1. Kinship First; Chapter 2. Medical Pluralism in a Low-Resource Setting; Chapter 3. "Like Any Other Disease"; Chapter 4. Orphan Care and the Family; Conclusion: Infected Kin; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Sesotho Terms; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors

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