Risky marriage : the impact of Christian marriage on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania / Melissa Browning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browning, Melissa, 1977-

Series:

Studies in Body and Religion

Studies in body and religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Tanzania.

AIDS (Disease).

Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity--Tanzania.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rooted in the lives and experiences of women living with HIV and AIDS in Tanzania, Risky Marriage: HIV and Intimate Relationships in Tanzania uses qualitative fieldwork with HIV positive women to ask why marriage is an HIV risk factor. Beginning with women's experience as a hermeneutical lens, Browning argues for re-imagined Christian conceptions of marriage, sexual ethics, and health to promote human flourishing and abundance in African communities.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: "It's Better to Be Single"; Chapter Two: Why Africa?; Chapter Three: "Let's Talk About Trust, Baby"; Chapter Four: Agency, Risk, and Relationality; Chapter Five: Marriage and Women's Bodies; Chapter Six: HIV and AIDS as Communal Dis-Ease; Chapter Seven: Learning from Stigma; Chapter Eight: Reimagining Christian Marriage in the Midst of a Pandemic; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on print version.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31443-1

0-7391-7660-9

0-7391-7662-5

OCLC:

862369380