A Plague of Paradoxes by Philip W Setel

Name: A Plague of Paradoxes
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Part of Worlds Of Desire: The Chicago Series On Sexuality Gender And Culture series

Summary

Presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS.

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A Plague of Paradoxes by Philip W Setel

Since recording its first AIDS cases in 1983, Tanzania has reported nearly 90,000 more to the World Health Organization - more than any other country in Africa. The AIDS epidemic has forced Africans to reflect upon the meaning of traditional ideas and practices related to sexuality and fertility, and upon modernity and biomedicine. In this book, anthropologist Philip Setel observes Tanzania's Chagga people and their attempts to cope with and understand AIDS. The work presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. It brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how a particular community in Africa experiences AIDS.

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ISBN 13	9780226748863
ISBN 10	0226748863
Title	A Plague of Paradoxes
Author	Philip W Setel
Series	Worlds Of Desire: The Chicago Series On Sexuality Gender And Culture
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University Of Chicago Press
Year published	2000-02-15
Number of pages	318
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