When Bodies Remember Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa

Name: When Bodies Remember Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa
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ISBN: 9780520250277

ISBN-10: 0520250273

ISBN-13: 9780520250277

Edition: 2007

Authors: Didier Fassin, Amy Jacobs, Gabrielle Varro

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In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis--the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Didier Fassinis the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author ofWhen Bodies Remember: Experiences of AIDS in South Africa(UC Press).



Introduction: Political Anesthesia and Anthropological Concern



As If Nothing Ever Happened


The Controversy


A Life


Proposition 1: The Structures of Time



An Epidemic of Disputes


Beginnings


Heresy


Proposition 2: The Configuration of the Polemics



Anatomy of the Controversies


Ordeals


Arenas


Proposition 3: The Figures of Denial



The Imprint of the Past


Long Memory


Bared History


Proposition 4: The History of the Vanquished



The Embodiment of the World


Behind the Landscapes


Within the Narratives


Proposition 5: The Forms of Experience



Living with Death


Dying


Born Again


Proposition 6: Politics of Life


Conclusion: This World We Live In


Notes


Brief Chronology of South African History


Maps


Bibliography


Index