عنوان

A Congolese Virus and Belgian Doctors? Postcolonial Perspectives on Migration and HIV

شماره

LA107504

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

A Congolese Virus and Belgian Doctors? Postcolonial Perspectives on Migration and HIV

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Charlotte Pezeril, Dany Kanyeba, Charlotte Pezeril, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Based on collaborative research between a Congolese activist in HIV prevention in Belgium and a French anthropologist, this paper hopes to initiate a debate about the issue of HIV /AIDS in light of the postcolonial links between Belgium and its former colony Congo/Zaire. By exploring the social representations that HIV has generated in Francophone Belgium and the changing political management of the epidemic since the 1980s, the paper focuses on how Congolese HIV-­positive migrants have been viewed, treated and allowed (or not) to settle in Belgium. It analyzes how the HIV/AIDS epidemic was seen as an 'African disease,' and more precisely a 'Congolese virus.' It concludes that Achille Mbembe's 'postcolonial scoriae' must be taken into account (without necessarily implying a linear passage from colonial to postcolonial relations) in order to understand European and international policies in Africa or policies concerning African migrants. Based on collaborative research between a Congolese activist in HIV prevention in Belgium and a French anthropologist, this paper hopes to initiate a debate about the issue of HIV /AIDS in light of the postcolonial links between Belgium and its former colony Congo/Zaire. By exploring the social representations that HIV has generated in Francophone Belgium and the changing political management of the epidemic since the 1980s, the paper focuses on how Congolese HIV-­positive migrants have been viewed, treated and allowed (or not) to settle in Belgium. It analyzes how the HIV/AIDS epidemic was seen as an 'African disease,' and more precisely a 'Congolese virus.' It concludes that Achille Mbembe's 'postcolonial scoriae' must be taken into account (without necessarily implying a linear passage from colonial to postcolonial relations) in order to understand European and international policies in Africa or policies concerning African migrants. Based on collaborative research between a Congolese activist in HIV prevention in Belgium and a French anthropologist, this paper hopes to initiate a debate about the issue of HIV /AIDS in light of the postcolonial links between Belgium and its former colony Congo/Zaire. By exploring the social representations that HIV has generated in Francophone Belgium and the changing political management of the epidemic since the 1980s, the paper focuses on how Congolese HIV-­positive migrants have been viewed, treated and allowed (or not) to settle in Belgium. It analyzes how the HIV/AIDS epidemic was seen as an 'African disease,' and more precisely a 'Congolese virus.' It concludes that Achille Mbembe's 'postcolonial scoriae' must be taken into account (without necessarily implying a linear passage from colonial to postcolonial relations) in order to understand European and international policies in Africa or policies concerning African migrants. Based on collaborative research between a Congolese activist in HIV prevention in Belgium and a French anthropologist, this paper hopes to initiate a debate about the issue of HIV /AIDS in light of the postcolonial links between Belgium and its former colony Congo/Zaire. By exploring the social representations that HIV has generated in Francophone Belgium and the changing political management of the epidemic since the 1980s, the paper focuses on how Congolese HIV-­positive migrants have been viewed, treated and allowed (or not) to settle in Belgium. It analyzes how the HIV/AIDS epidemic was seen as an 'African disease,' and more precisely a 'Congolese virus.' It concludes that Achille Mbembe's 'postcolonial scoriae' must be taken into account (without necessarily implying a linear passage from colonial to postcolonial relations) in order to understand European and international policies in Africa or policies concerning African migrants.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

46-71

عنوان

African Diaspora

شماره جلد

6/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1872-5465

اصطلاح موضوعی

bio-politics

اصطلاح موضوعی

biopolitique

اصطلاح موضوعی

HIV/AIDS

اصطلاح موضوعی

migration

اصطلاح موضوعی

postcolonial

اصطلاح موضوعی

race

اصطلاح موضوعی

VIH/sida

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Charlotte Pezeril

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Dany Kanyeba

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18725457-12341241

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y