AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa - Understanding HIV/AIDS Impact in African Societies | Public Health & Social Issues Book

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AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research.based on the author's own story growing up in South Africalooks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programsdiscussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswanaincludes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family’s struggle with AIDS