When bodies remember : experiences and politics of AIDS in South Africa /

Fassin, Didier.

When bodies remember : experiences and politics of AIDS in South Africa / Didier Fassin ; translated by Amy Jacobs and Gabrielle Varro. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 365) - California series in public anthropology ; 15 . - California series in public anthropology ; 15. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.

Contents; Introduction: Political Anesthesia and Anthropological Concern; 1 As If Nothing Ever Happened; 2 An Epidemic of Disputes; 3 Anatomy of the Controversies; 4 The Imprint of the Past; 5 The Embodiment of the World; 6 Living with Death; Conclusion: This World We Live In; Notes; Brief Chronology of South African History; Maps; Bibliography; Index.

Didier Fassin 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. This work traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.


Translated from the French.

9780520940451 0520940458 9781429467957 1429467959 1281752541 9781281752543 9786611752545 6611752544

10.1525/9780520940451 doi

175254 MIL 22573/cttt4hx1 JSTOR

2021696657


AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)
Ethnology.
HIV infections.
Medical policy.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology
Anthropology, Cultural
HIV Infections
Health Policy
Sida--Aspect social--Afrique du Sud.
Sida--Aspect politique--Afrique du Sud.
Sida--Politique gouvernementale--Afrique du Sud.
Sida.
Ethnologie.
Infections à VIH.
Politique sanitaire.
MEDICAL--AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--AIDS & HIV.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Medical policy
HIV infections
Ethnology
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease)--Government policy
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects
Politik
Aids
AIDS.
Sociale aspecten.
Overheidsbeleid.
Politieke aspecten.


South Africa
South Africa
Zuid-Afrika.
Südafrika

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2007 D-513 WC 503 / F249w 2007a

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