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HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology
Ezekiel Kalipeni
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Description for HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology
Paperback. Presenting on-the-ground evidence and ethnographic cases, this book emphasizes that HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex and regionally specific phenomenon rooted in local economies, deepening poverty, migration, gender, war, global economies, and cultural politics. Editor(s): Kalipeni, Ezekiel; Craddock, Susan; Oppong, Joseph Ransford; Ghosh, Jayati. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 768.
HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology is a collection that seeks to further our understanding of AIDS by shifting the predominant understandings generated by biomedical and epidemiological research.
- Brings together international contributors--including often overlooked African scholars and activists--from across the social sciences to examine HIV and AIDS from angles previously unexplored.
- By presenting on-the-ground evidence and ethnographic cases, emphasizes that HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex and regionally specific phenomenon rooted in local economies, deepening poverty, migration, gender, war, global economies, and cultural politics.
- Recognizes that AIDS in Africa cannot be stemmed until social, gender, and economic inequities are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631223573
SKU
V9780631223573
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About Ezekiel Kalipeni
Ezekiel Kalipeni is Associate Professor of Geography and African Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Susan Craddock is Associate Professor in the Women’s Studies Department and in the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Joseph R. Oppong is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Northern Texas. Jayati ... Read more
Reviews for HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology
"This groundbreaking volume draws on a broad array of methodologies and disciplines to bring into relief the social and economic forces that have made AIDS the leading infectious cause of young adult death globally. Rejecting fashionable explanations of AIDS in Africa, this book reveals such explanations to be rooted in racism, victim-blaming, disciplinary blindness, and shoddy research. ... Read more