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Waiting to happen : HIV/AIDS in South Africa : the bigger picture / Liz Walker, Graeme Reid, Morna Cornell.

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Van Pelt Library RA643.86.S6 W357 2004
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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Author/Creator:
Walker, Liz (Reader in social work)
Contributor:
Reid, Graeme.
Cornell, Morna.
Conference Name:
AIDS in Context Conference (2001 : University of the Witwatersrand)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease).
HIV infections--Social aspects.
HIV infections.
South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.
HIV infections--South Africa.
HIV infections--Social aspects--South Africa.
HIV Infections--epidemiology.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--ethnology.
HIV Infections--ethnology.
Social Problems.
Medical Subjects:
HIV Infections--epidemiology.
South Africa.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--ethnology.
HIV Infections--ethnology.
Social Problems.
Physical Description:
143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2004.
Summary:
Why are more women than men in South Africa HIV positive? What explains the exponential growth of AIDS in the country? How is HIV/AIDS understood in various cultural belief systems? What can be done about the epidemic? This powerful book -- incorporating evocative photographs and the voices of scholars, practitioners, and victims of the epidemic -- looks at the social, cultural, and historical aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Contents:
Sex and power in South Africa
'An epidemic waiting to happen'
Cultural collisions: popular understandings of HIV/AIDS
Confronting the epidemic.
Notes:
Drawn from material presented at the AIDS in Context Conference, held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Apr. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.
ISBN:
1588262634
1919930396
OCLC:
53325583

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