When bodies remember : experiences and politics of AIDS in South Africa / Didier Fassin ; translated by Amy Jacobs and Gabrielle Varro.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: California series in public anthropology ; 15.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 365)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520940451
- 0520940458
- 9781429467957
- 1429467959
- 1281752541
- 9781281752543
- 9786611752545
- 6611752544
- Quand les corps se souviennent. English
- 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
- South Africa
- 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
- South Africa
- Politik
- Aids
- AIDS
- Sociale aspecten
- Overheidsbeleid
- Politieke aspecten
- Zuid-Afrika
- Südafrika <Staat>
- 362.196/979200968 22
- RA643.86.S6
- 2007 D-513
- WC 503
- 44.78
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.
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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.
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