Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / Robert J. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Robert J. (Robert James), 1949-

Series:

California Series in Public Anthropology

California series in public anthropology ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Uganda--Epidemiology.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--South Africa--Epidemiology.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Uganda.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990's in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networks-rather than changes in individual behavior-were responsible for these radical differences in HIV prevalence. Incorporating such factors as property, mobility, social status, and political authority into our understanding of AIDS transmission, Thornton's analysis also suggests new avenues for fighting the disease worldwide.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Ethnic Names and Languages

Preface

1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS

2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property

3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration

4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS

5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery

6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda

7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda

8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS

9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics

10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa

11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612360770

9781282360778

1282360779

9780520942653

0520942655

OCLC:

609850137