Sustaining life : AIDS activism in South Africa /

Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, Sustaining Life explores how the South African AIDS movement transformed public health institutions, changed policy norms, and enabled near-universal access to treatment to sustain the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Powers, Theodore (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects > South Africa.
HIV infections > Political aspects > South Africa.
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy > South Africa.
HIV infections > Government policy > South Africa.
AIDS activists > South Africa.
Social movements > South Africa.
Sida > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud.
Infections à VIH > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud.
Sida > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Sud.
Infections à VIH > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Sud.
Mouvements sociaux > Afrique du Sud.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
AIDS activists
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects
HIV infections > Government policy
HIV infections > Political aspects
Social movements
South Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Sustaining Life
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction. People, Pathogens, and Power: Situating the South African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
  • Chapter 1. Contact, Colonization, and Apartheid: South African Social Formations in Historical Perspective
  • Chapter 2. The Political History of South African HIV/AIDS Activism
  • Chapter 3. Occupying the State: HIV/AIDS Activism and the South African National AIDS Council
  • Chapter 4. A Policy Redirected: Transnational Donor Capital and Treatment Access in the Western Cape Province
  • Chapter 5. Community Health Activism, AIDS Dissidence, and Local HIV/AIDS Politics in Khayelitsha
  • Chapter 6. People Are the State: Activism, Access, and Transformation
  • Afterword. After Treatment Access: An Epidemic Unresolved
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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