Based on a conference held in New York in November 1991.
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
The anthropology of AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean / George C. Bond [and others] -- Sociocultural aspects of AIDS in Africa: occupational and gender issues / Anne V. Akeroyd -- AIDS in the Dominican Republic: anthropological reflections on the social nature of disease / John Kreniske -- Community organizing around HIV prevention in rural Puerto Rico / Ida Susser and John Kreniske -- AIDS prevention, treatment, and care in Cuba / Sarah Santana -- AIDS in Uganda: the first decade / George C. Bond and Joan Vincent -- Community based organizations in Uganda: a youth initiative / George C. Bond and Joan Vincent -- Female genital health and the risk of HIV transmission / Regina McNamara -- The point of view: perspectives on AIDS in Uganda / Maryinez Lyons -- The HIV epidemic as a development issue / Elizabeth Reid -- Placing women at the center of analysis / Elizabeth Reid -- AIDS from Africa: a case of racism vs. science? / Rosalind J. Harrison-Chirimuuta and Richard C. Chirimuuta -- U.S. aid to AIDS in Africa / Meredeth Turshen -- AIDS: body, mind, and history / Shirley Lindenbaum.
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یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa and the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global and comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, and historical contexts.