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Fencing in AIDS: Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520975941
DOI
10.1515/9780520975941
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7035896 bytes)
Pages
212\213
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 18:31:01

Description

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In this vitally important book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and on their experiences with antiretroviral therapy. Alive with the women’s stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Offering crucial insights into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, this is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing the global AIDS crisis today.

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