HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa : : understanding the implications of culture & context / / editors, Jean Baxen & Anders Breidlid.

Popular understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is riddled with contradiction and speculation. This is revealed in HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, which explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholar...

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Place / Publishing House:Claremont, South Africa : : UCT Press,, 2013.
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (161 p.)
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Summary:Popular understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is riddled with contradiction and speculation. This is revealed in HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, which explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholars, religious leaders and traditional healers, among others - in communities in and around South Africa. Using a social theory lens, the book focuses on not only the cultural and contextual practices, but also the methodological and epistemological orientations around HIV/AIDS in education that shape
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9280811797
1920499822
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: editors, Jean Baxen & Anders Breidlid.