Textbook
AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern AfricaISBN: 978-1-4051-5587-8
Paperback
304 pages
January 2009, ©2009, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the
impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the
author’s own extensive ethnographic research.
- based on the author's own story growing up in South
Africa
- looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS
prevention programs
- discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from
Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and
Botswana
- includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family’s struggle with AIDS