Treating AIDS : Politics of Difference, Paradox of Prevention /

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In Treating AIDS, Thurka Sangaramoorthy examines the everyday practices of HIV/AIDS prevention in the United States from the perspective of AIDS experts and Haitian immigrants in south Florida. Using in-depth ethnographic data, she underscores the difference between the global response to this publi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sangaramoorthy, Thurka, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Health services accessibility.
Haitians > Social conditions.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Services de sante > Accessibilite > États-Unis.
Sida > Aspect social.
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Status Disparities
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > ethnology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Haitians > United States > Social conditions.
Social status > Health aspects > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
United States.
United States > epidemiology
Haiti > ethnology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Treating us, treating them
  • Treating the numbers: HIV/AIDS surveillance, subjectivity, and risk
  • Treating culture: the making of experts and communities
  • Treating citizens: the promise of positive living
  • Treating the nation: health disparities and the politics of difference
  • Treating the West: afterthoughts on future directions.

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