| Description |
vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : culture and AIDS / Douglas A. Feldman -- AIDS in cultural, historic, and epidemiologic context / S.C. McCombie -- The sick role, stigma, and pollution : the case of AIDS / Michael D. Quam -- Assessing viral, parasitic, and sociocultural cofactors affecting HIV-1 transmission in Rwanda / Douglas A. Feldman -- AIDS and the pathogenesis of metaphor / Christopher C. Taylor -- AIDS and accusation : Haiti, Haitians, and the geography of blame / Paul Farmer -- Prostitute women and the ideology of work in London / Sophie Day -- Minority women and AIDS : culture, race, and gender / Dooley Worth -- Language and AIDS / William L. Leap -- AIDS and obituaries : the perpetuation of stigma in the press / Peter M. Nardi |
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Sex, politics, and guilt : a study of homophobia and the AIDS phenomenon / Norris G. Lang -- Increasing the cost of living : class and exploitation in the delivery of social services to persons with AIDS / Juliet A. Niehaus -- Postscript : anthropology and AIDS / Douglas A. Feldman |
| Analysis |
Humans AIDS |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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Anthropology.
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Ethnology.
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| Author |
Feldman, Douglas A.
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| LC no. |
90030003 |
| ISBN |
0275931897 (alk. paper) |
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