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Author Renaud, Michelle Lewis

Title Women at the crossroads : a prostitute community's response to AIDS in urban Senegal / Michelle Lewis Renaud
Published Amsterdam : Gordon and Breach, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One The Context of Women's Lives; Two Prostitution at the Crossroads; Three Taking Charge; Four Praying for Forgiveness; Five Wolof Medicine and White Person Medicine; Six Running Away; Seven Conclusions; References
Summary "AIDS is a disease that infects human beings, not statistics. Women at the Crossroads goes beyond empirical analysis of risk behavior data to tell the stories of the women behind questionnaires, and give voice to those hidden by code names. These are women who, out of need, have turned to prostitution to feed their families and, in turn, run the risk of contracting the deadliest of diseases." "Based on Dr. Renaud's extensive research in Kaolack, Senegal, this book not only examines the anthropological aspects of these women's lives, but imbues its subjects with real personalities, making it both a poignant and practical text for anyone doing research on AIDS and the disease's effect on Africa and the third world."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172)
Notes Print version record
Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Senegal
AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission -- Senegal
Prostitutes -- Senegal -- Social conditions
Prostitutes -- Diseases -- Senegal
Social history.
Prostitution.
AIDS (Disease) -- Senegal -- Epidemiology
Social Conditions
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- transmission
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control
Sex Work
social history.
prostitution.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Social history
Prostitution
AIDS (Disease) -- Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission
Prostitutes -- Diseases
Prostitutes -- Social conditions
Prostitution
Aids
Prostituees.
AIDS.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
SUBJECT Senegal
Subject Senegal
Senegal
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134385027
1134385021
9781315078311
1315078317