Boys to Men in the Shadow of AIDS

Masculinities and HIV Risk in Zambia
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-37835-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

This ethnography charts the lives of mission-educated men in Zambia and their search for meaning in the AIDS pandemic, as well as their responses to prevention and HIV testing. It also suggests how hegemonic masculinities may begin to be re-figured and gender relationships redesigned.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simpson, A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Fathers and Sons: The Measure of a Man Learning Sex in and out of School Sexual Lives After School Married Life Sexuality as a Site of Difference 'Has God Come in Another Way?' Responses to Campaigns Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

ANTHONY SIMPSON teaches social anthropology at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of 'Half-London' in Zambia: Contested Identities in a Catholic Mission School and has published articles on postcolonial education, Christian missions, and masculinities and HIV/AIDS in Zambia.