Morality, Hope and Grief

Anthropologies of AIDS in Africa

364 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has been addressed and perceived predominantly through the broad perspectives of social and economic theories as well as public health and development discourses. This volume however, focuses on the micro-politics of illness, treatment and death in order to offer innovative insights into the complex processes that shape individual and community responses to AIDS. The contributions describe the dilemmas that families, communities and health professionals face and shed new light on the transformation of social and moral orders in African societies, which have been increasingly marginalised in the context of global modernity.

• Reihe: Epistemologies of Healing
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781845456634
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.05.2010
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Hansjörg Dilger, Ute Luig