Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / Robert J. Thornton.
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TextSeries: California series in public anthropology ; 20Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: xxi, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780520255524 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520255526 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520255531 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0520255534 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- AIDS (Disease) -- Uganda -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Uganda
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- Uganda
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- Uganda
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- South Africa
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- Uganda
- Health Policy -- South Africa
- Health Policy -- Uganda
- Sexual Behavior -- South Africa
- Sexual Behavior -- Uganda
- Socioeconomic Factors -- South Africa
- Socioeconomic Factors -- Uganda
- RA643.86.U33Â .T46
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| Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| TAMCAS Library TAMCAS General shelves | RA643.86.U33 .T46 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | CAS | A-10597 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.
Introduction: meaning and structure in the study of AIDS -- Comparing Uganda and South Africa: sexual networks, family structure, and property -- The social determinants of sexual network configuration -- The tightening chain: civil society and Uganda's response to HIV/AIDS -- AIDS in Uganda: years of chaos and recovery -- Siliimu as native category: AIDS as local knowledge in Uganda -- Uganda"s indigenization of AIDS: governance and the political response in Uganda -- South Africa's struggle: the omission and commission of truth about AIDS -- Imagining AIDS: South Africa's viral politics -- Flows of sexual substance: the sexual network in South Africa -- Preventing AIDS: a new paradigm for a new strategy.
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