AIDS, intimacy and care in rural KwaZulu-Natal : a kinship of bones

AIDS, intimacy and care in rural KwaZulu-Natal a kinship of bones

Patricia C. Henderson, a South African anthropologist, resided from March 2003 to February 2006 in Okhahlamba, a municipality in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. In this book, she recounts her experience among this rural population who lived under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Spanning a perio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Henderson, Patricia C., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Care & welfare.
Materias:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
HIV-positive persons > South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419785806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Vertiginous Body And Social Metamorphosis
  • 2. Mortality And The Ethics Of Ethnographic Research
  • 3. Children And Youth In Pursuit Of Care
  • 4. Healers Negotiating The Local And The Global
  • 5. Love In A Time Of Adversity
  • 6. On Accompanying The Ill
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Interlocutors And Research Methods
  • Acronyms
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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