Manian HIV/AIDS in India

Voices from the Margins
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-80648-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

India ranks third in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally. The country has high levels of poverty and inequality, poor healthcare infrastructure, especially away from the metropolitan areas, and a legacy of colonialism that bequeathed laws criminalizing non-heteronormative sexualities. These factors mean that many minority groups do not receive adequate access to preventative and treatment programs.

This book explores the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Based on research in Tamil Nadu, it presents experiences of those marginalized by their sexuality and/or gender, their struggles and their triumphs. Based on interviews with male and female sex workers, men who have sex with men, aravanis (male to female transgenders) and HIV positive women – groups usually not included in the analysis of Indian government agencies, international donors and international NGOs — the author uses an interdisciplinary approach. The approach highlights the historical and cultural context, while providing contemporary narratives. The book thus presents a deeper, multi-dimensional, understanding of the context of the disease and comprehends the roots of the stigma and discrimination that exacerbate the epidemic.

An important study of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of South Asian Studies, sexuality and gender studies, Health Sciences and Public Health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manian, Sunita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Chronicle of a Disease Foretold

2. Non-Normative Desire: Then and Now

3. My Life is Nothing But a Question Mark: Stories of Sexual Minorities

4. One Foot in the River, One Foot in the Mud: The Perils of Living a Double-Life

5. Changing Status of Non-conjugal Heterosexuality in India

6. Take Our Truth to the World: Challenges and Aspirations of Sex-Workers

7. There is was no Wrongdoing on my Part, Sister: Shame, Stigma among Women Living with HIV/AIDS

8. Should we Not Live a Life? HIV Positive Women’s Tales of Hope and Survival

9. The Way Forward: Advocacy and Change

Über Autor(innen)

Sunita Manian is Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Liberal Studies at Georgia College and State University, USA.