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AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa : collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia

Title: AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa : collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia / Carolyn Baylies and Janet Bujra [editors] ; with the Gender and AIDS Group.
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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xviii, 222 pages : 1 map; 24 cm.

Summary

"The severity of the AIDS epidemic in Africa compels a rethinking of gender relations. AIDS, Sexuality and Gender in Africa examines what can be done, particularly by women, to stem the tide of the epidemic. In exploring responses to AIDS in six communities across Tanzania and Zambia, the authors draw lessons which relate more generally to countries throughout the region." "The research on which the book is based examines two hypotheses; first, that the success of strategies to confront the spread of AIDS in Africa rests on the recognition of existing gendered power relations, and second, that AIDS campaigns can be enhanced if built on existing organisational skills and practices, especially amongst women. Individual contributions record the way that AIDS is interpreted within a historical and culturally configured context and review the difficulties and successes of collective activities around AIDS. They show how both men and women must be brought in to the struggle against AIDS, but in ways which entail a re-examination of those inequalities of power which make women vulnerable and at the same time endanger men." "While full recognition is given to the severity of the epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society, in contrast to some other studies, this account is optimistic in its conclusions. AIDS, Sexuality and Gender in Africa will provide a valuable source of information for those wanting to know more about the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the way that gender relations define the issues surrounding the action."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Social aspects of AIDS

Uniform Title

Social aspects of AIDS

Subject

Genre/Form

map.
carte géographique.
mapa.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Perspectives on gender and AIDS in Africa -- Responses to the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania and Zambia -- AIDS in Kapulanga, Mongu: poverty, neglect and gendered patterns of blame -- Sinners and outsiders: the drama of AIDS in Rungwe -- AIDS in Kanyama: contested sexual practice and the gendered dynamics of community interventions -- Target practice: gender and generational struggles in AIDS prevention work in Lushoto -- Reconciling individual costs with collective benefits: women organising against AIDS in Mansa --AIDS activism in Dar es Salaam: many struggles; a single goal -- The struggle continues: some conclusions.

ISBN

1841420247
9781841420240
1841420271
9781841420271
0203495292
9780203495292

LCCN

00059186

OCLC

ocm44768747
44768747
SCSB-14652473

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library