Thinking differently about HIV/AIDS : contributions from critical social science / edited by Eric Mykhalovskiy and Viviane Namaste.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mykhalovskiy, Eric, editor.

Namaste, Viviane K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Canada.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections--Canada.

HIV infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]

Summary:

Almost four decades after the scientific discovery of HIV/AIDS, the world continues to grapple with this public health challenge. A successful response requires thinking differently about the epidemic, but what type of thinking can facilitate effective change? Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS explores the limits of mainstream approaches to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and challenges readers to develop alternate solutions, placing particular emphasis on the value of critical social science perspectives. The contributors investigate traditions of inquiry – governmentality studies, institutional ethnography, Indigenous knowledges, conversation analysis, actor-network theory, critical ethnography, and others – to determine what these perspectives can bring to HIV/AIDS research, policy, and prevention programming. Engaging with various knowledge frameworks, they examine the criminalization of HIV, epidemiological and media constructions of the epidemic, HIV non-disclosure, treatment adherence, and other topics. This book is the first Canadian anthology of critical social science perspectives on HIV/AIDS, demonstrating how and why critical social science is necessary for rethinking research and action required to address the epidemic.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Critical Dispositions

On the Possibility of Being Governed Otherwise

Tracking Treatment Adherence

Institutional Ethnography as a Critical Research Strategy

Conversation Analysis and Critical Social Science

Indigenous Knowing in HIV Research in Canada

Empirical Case Studies

Thinking Critically about HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men

Undetectable Optimism

A Critical Case-Study Analysis of the Logic and Practices of Prescribing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to At-Risk Adolescents

The Social Relations of Disclosure

Epidemiology, the Media, and Vancouver’s Public Health Emergency A Critical Ethnography

Conclusion

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7748-6072-3

OCLC:

1083265020