The Resource Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
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The item Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networksrather than changes in individual behaviorwere responsible for these radical differences in HIV
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Contents
-
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Names and Languages; Preface; 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS; 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property; 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration; 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS; 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery; 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda; 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda
- 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics; 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa; 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy; Notes; References; Index
- Isbn
- 9780520255531
- Label
- Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
- Title
- Unimagined community
- Title remainder
- sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
- Subject
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- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Uganda
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- Uganda -- Epidemiology
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- Uganda
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- Uganda
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- South Africa
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- Uganda
- Electronic books
- Epidemiology
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | AIDS & HIV
- Health Policy -- South Africa
- Health Policy -- Uganda
- MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | General
- Sexual Behavior -- South Africa
- Sexual Behavior -- Uganda
- Socioeconomic Factors -- South Africa
- Socioeconomic Factors -- Uganda
- South Africa
- South Africa -- Epidemiology
- Uganda
- Uganda -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- Epidemiology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networksrather than changes in individual behaviorwere responsible for these radical differences in HIV
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thornton, Robert J
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- California Series in Public Anthropology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- South Africa
- Uganda
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- Epidemiology
- South Africa
- Uganda
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Health Policy
- Health Policy
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual Behavior
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Label
- Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Names and Languages; Preface; 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS; 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property; 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration; 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS; 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery; 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda; 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda
- 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics; 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa; 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy; Notes; References; Index
- Control code
- ocn609850137
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520255531
- Lccn
- 2007046954
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttsx8sq
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609850137
- Label
- Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Names and Languages; Preface; 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS; 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property; 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration; 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS; 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery; 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda; 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda
- 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics; 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa; 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy; Notes; References; Index
- Control code
- ocn609850137
- Extent
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520255531
- Lccn
- 2007046954
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttsx8sq
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609850137
Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa
- AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Uganda
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- Uganda -- Epidemiology
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- epidemiology -- Uganda
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- South Africa
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control -- Uganda
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- South Africa
- Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- Uganda
- Electronic books
- Epidemiology
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | AIDS & HIV
- Health Policy -- South Africa
- Health Policy -- Uganda
- MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | General
- Sexual Behavior -- South Africa
- Sexual Behavior -- Uganda
- Socioeconomic Factors -- South Africa
- Socioeconomic Factors -- Uganda
- South Africa
- South Africa -- Epidemiology
- Uganda
- Uganda -- Epidemiology
- AIDS (Disease) -- Epidemiology
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