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7%OFFAdia Benton - HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone - 9780816692439 - V9780816692439
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HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone

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Description for HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTF; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.

WINNER, 2017 RACHEL CARSON PRIZE, SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE

In 2002, Sierra Leone emerged from a decadelong civil war. Seeking international attention and development aid, its government faced a dilemma. Though devastated by conflict, Sierra Leone had a low prevalence of HIV. However, like most African countries, it stood to benefit from a large influx of foreign funds specifically targeted at HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

What Adia Benton chronicles in this ethnographically rich and often moving book is how one war-ravaged nation reoriented itself as a country suffering from HIV at the expense of other, more ... Read more

In the fourth decade since the emergence of HIV/AIDS, many today are questioning whether the effort and money spent on this health crisis has in fact helped or exacerbated the problem. HIV Exceptionalism does this and more, asking, what are the unanticipated consequences that HIV/AIDS development programs engender?

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816692439
SKU
V9780816692439
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Ref
99-50

About Adia Benton
Adia Benton is assistant professor of anthropology at Brown University.

Reviews for HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone
"A keenly observed case study."—Foreign Affairs "HIV Exceptionalism will be a fine addition to both institutional and personal libraries, offering insights for global health and development scholars, and particularly for HIV/AIDS researchers."—African Studies Review "Through fine-grained accounts describing how individuals navigated new structures, new relationships, and new expectations that came along with being beneficiaries of global HIV funding, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone


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