ISBN:
9781107009912
,
9781107417564
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 278 S.
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition
Series Statement:
International African library 42
Series Statement:
International African library
DDC:
362.196/97920096
Keywords:
HIV infections Prevention
;
HIV infections Social aspects
;
Music
;
HIV Infections prevention & control
;
Anthropology, Cultural
;
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
;
Music
;
Aids
;
Prävention
;
Gesundheitserziehung
;
Musik
;
Südafrika 〈Kontinent〉
;
Südafrika
;
Aids
;
Prävention
;
Gesundheitserziehung
;
Musik
Abstract:
"This book offers an original anthropological approach to the AIDS epidemic in South Africa by arguing that music is central to understanding how AIDS interventions operate"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: AIDS, politics and music; 2. The battle for Venda kingship; 3. A rite to AIDS education? Venda girls' initiation and HIV prevention; 4. 'We want a job in the government': motivation and mobility in AIDS peer education; 5. 'We sing about what we cannot talk about': biomedical AIDS knowledge in stanza; 6. Guitar songs and 'sexy women': a folk cosmology of AIDS; 7. 'Condoms cause AIDS': poison, prevention, and degrees of separation; 8. Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-271) and index
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