ISBN:
9780826517784
,
9780826517777
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 320 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
26 cm
DDC:
362.19697/920096761
Keywords:
HIV infections Social aspects
;
AIDS (Disease) Moral and ethical aspects
;
Teenagers Sexual behavior
;
Sexual ethics for youth
;
Soga (African people) Social life and customs
;
Social change
;
Uganda
;
Iganga
;
Soga
;
Jugend
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Sexualethik
;
Aids
;
HIV
;
Sozialer Wandel
Abstract:
"Shanti Parikh uses evocative stories and the innovative methodology of love letters to trace how Uganda's globally applauded HIV campaigns implemented within a context of persistent inequalities have unintentionally heightened anxiety around youth sexuality, transforming the young female body into a platform for moral debate and driving the world of youthful romance underground"--
Abstract:
"Shanti Parikh uses evocative stories and the innovative methodology of love letters to trace how Uganda's globally applauded HIV campaigns implemented within a context of persistent inequalities have unintentionally heightened anxiety around youth sexuality, transforming the young female body into a platform for moral debate and driving the world of youthful romance underground"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Going public: the virus, video, and evangelicalism. -- "Things keep changing" : histories of dispersal and anxiety in Iganga. Demographic shifts, free young women, and idle adolescent men -- Patriarchy, marriage, and gendered reputations. -- Publics: interventions into youth sexuality. The evolution of HIV : inequalities and biomedical citizenship -- From auntie to disco : risk and pleasure in sexuality education -- "They arrested me for loving a school girl" : controlling delinquent daughters and punishing defiant boyfriends. -- Counterpublic : youth romance and love letters. Geographies of courtship and gender in the consumer economy -- "Burn the letter after reading" : secrecy and go-betweens -- "B4 I symbolise my symbolised symbology" : packaging and reading love letters -- "I miss you like a desert missing rain" : desire and longing -- "You're just playing with my head" : disappointment and uncertainty -- Conclusion : the death of Sam.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index
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