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A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania
Philip W. Setel
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Description for A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania
Paperback. Presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFH2; JHMC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Since recording its first AIDS cases in 1983, Tanzania has reported nearly 90,000 more to the World Health Organization - more than any other country in Africa. The AIDS epidemic has forced Africans to reflect upon the meaning of traditional ideas and practices related to sexuality and fertility, and upon modernity and biomedicine. In this book, anthropologist Philip Setel observes Tanzania's Chagga people and their attempts to cope with and understand AIDS. The work presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. It brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to ... Read more
Since recording its first AIDS cases in 1983, Tanzania has reported nearly 90,000 more to the World Health Organization - more than any other country in Africa. The AIDS epidemic has forced Africans to reflect upon the meaning of traditional ideas and practices related to sexuality and fertility, and upon modernity and biomedicine. In this book, anthropologist Philip Setel observes Tanzania's Chagga people and their attempts to cope with and understand AIDS. The work presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. It brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Worlds of Desire S.
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226748863
SKU
V9780226748863
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