Description |
xxv, 278 p. : ill., maps. |
Series |
The international African library ; no. 42 |
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International African library ; 42.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: AIDS, politics and music; 2. The battle for Venda kingship; 3. A rite to AIDS education? Venda girls' initiation and HIV prevention; 4. 'We want a job in the government': motivation and mobility in AIDS peer education; 5. 'We sing about what we cannot talk about': biomedical AIDS knowledge in stanza; 6. Guitar songs and 'sexy women': a folk cosmology of AIDS; 7. 'Condoms cause AIDS': poison, prevention, and degrees of separation; 8. Conclusion. |
Summary |
"This book offers an original anthropological approach to the AIDS epidemic in South Africa by arguing that music is central to understanding how AIDS interventions operate"--Provided by publisher. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
HIV infections -- Prevention -- South Africa.
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HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa.
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Music -- South Africa.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781107009912 (hardback) |
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9781107616516 (African ed. pbk.) |
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9781139115735 (electronic bk.) |
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