Read When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa

Didier Fassin

4.9/5 (15270 ratings)

Description:In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis―the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa. To get started finding When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0520250273

Description: In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis―the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa. To get started finding When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa

More Books

La Société qui vient: sous la direction de Didier Fassin

La Société qui vient: sous la direction de Didier Fassin

De la question sociale à la question raciale ? de Didier FASSIN (Sous la direction de, Préface), Éric FASSIN (Sous la direction de, Préface) (24 septembre 2009) Poche

De la question sociale à la question raciale ? de Didier FASSIN (Sous la direction de, Préface), Éric FASSIN (Sous la direction de, Préface) (24 septembre 2009) Poche

Death of a Traveller: A Counter Investigation

Death of a Traveller: A Counter Investigation

The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood

The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood

Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza (Verso Palestine Pamphlets)

Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza (Verso Palestine Pamphlets)

Policing the City: An Ethno-graphic

Policing the City: An Ethno-graphic

Les nouveaux guérisseurs : Biographies de thérapeutes au temps de la globalisation de Didier Fassin (Postface),Laurent Pordié,Emmanuelle Simon ( 19 avril 2013 )

Les nouveaux guérisseurs : Biographies de thérapeutes au temps de la globalisation de Didier Fassin (Postface),Laurent Pordié,Emmanuelle Simon ( 19 avril 2013 )

Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the Present

Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the Present

Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing

Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing