AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa

List of Figures vi

Preface – Southern Africa: A Personal Geography, History, and Politics viii

Acknowledgments xxi

Introduction: Global, Inequality, Women, and HIV/AIDS 1

1 The Culture of Science and the Feminization of HIV/AIDS 17

2 Imperial Moralities and Grassroots Realities 45

3 The Transition to a New South Africa: Hope, Science, and Democracy 65

4 Of Nevirapine and African Potatoes: Shifts in Public Discourse 91

5 The Difference in Pain: Infected and Affected 107
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6 Contested Sexualities 118

7 Public Spaces of Women’s Autonomy: Health Activism 139

8 “Where Are Our Condoms?” – Namibia 155

9 Ju/’hoansi Women in the Age of HIV: An Exceptional Case 171

10 Changing Times, Changing Strategies: Women Leaders Among the Ju 184

11 “The Power of Practical Thinking” – The Role of Organic Intellectuals 199

12 Conclusions: Neoliberalism, Gender, and Resistance 217

Notes 222

Bibliography 237

Index 264