A Fraught Embrace : : The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa /

A Fraught Embrace : : The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa / / Susan Cotts Watkins, Ann Swidler.

The complex relationships between altruists, beneficiaries, and brokers in the global effort to fight AIDS in AfricaIn the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives. A Fraught Embrace s...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Swidler, Ann,
Watkins, Susan Cotts,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology ; 72
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 10 halftones. 7 line illus. 2 tables.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Altruism from Afar
  • 2. Fevered Imaginations
  • 3. Lumbering Behemoths and Fluttering Butterflies: Altruists in the Global AIDS Enterprise
  • 4. Cultural Production: A Riot of Color
  • 5. Getting to Know Brokers
  • 6. Brokers' Careers: Merit, Miracles, and Malice
  • 7. Themes That Make Everyone Happy: Fighting Stigma and Helping Orphans
  • 8. Themes That Make Everyone Anxious: Vulnerable Women and Harmful Cultural Practices
  • 9. A Practice That Makes Everyone Happy: Training
  • 10. Creating Success
  • 11. Conclusions: Doing Good Better
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

Similar Items