HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Understanding the implications of culture & context
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Ailments & Diseases, AIDS & HIV, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Jean Baxen, Anders Breidlid | ISBN: | 9781919895772 |
| Publisher: | University of Cape Town Press | Publication: | March 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University Of Cape Town Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jean Baxen, Anders Breidlid |
| ISBN: | 9781919895772 |
| Publisher: | University of Cape Town Press |
| Publication: | March 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University Of Cape Town Press |
| Language: | English |
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 community and individual interpretations of this disease.
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 community and individual interpretations of this disease.
