AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal: A Kinship of Bones

Henderson, Patricia C.

ISBN 10 : 9089643591 ISBN 13 : 9789089643599

Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2011

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 2003-2006, Patricia Henderson lived in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal where she recorded the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. In this illuminating study, she recounts the concerns of rural people and explores local repertoires through which illness was folded into everyday life. The book spans a period when antiretroviral medication was not available, and moves on to a time when the treatment became accessible. Hope gradually became manifest in the recovery of a number of people through antiretroviral therapies and 'the return' of bodies they could recognise as their own. This research implies that protracted interaction with people over time, offers insights into the unfolding textures of everyday life, in particular in its focus on suffering, social and structural inequality, illness, violence, mourning, sensibility, care and intimacy.

Quatrième de couverture :

Dit boek beschrijft hoe hiv/aids onderdeel werd van het leven van de bevolking van het bergachtige Okhahlamba in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie KwaZulu-Natal. In deze verhelderende studie laat Henderson zien welke gevolgen de ziekte had - en nog steeds heeft - voor volwassenen en kinderen en op welke verschillende manieren men antwoord probeerde te g

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9089643591
• ISBN 13: 9789089643599
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 254