| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 300 pages) |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies
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| Contents |
Background and Setting the Scene -- The Situation of Women in Kenya : Framing the Context -- Methodology and Research Design -- Researching a Sensitive Topic : Ethical Issues and Other Challenges -- The Feminist Perspectives and Concepts Used in This Study -- The Status of Women in the Sampled Universities -- Women's Experiences with HIV and AIDS : 'Back into the Personal' -- 'Maybe Next Year' : Impact and Responses to HIV and AIDS in Weruini and Holy Ghost Universities -- Sexuality, Silence and Stigma -- Summary, Conclusion and Suggestions for Good Practice -- Appendices. Appendix 1 : Categories of Kenyan Universities ; Appendix 2 : Researching a Sensitive Topic : Some Field Guidelines ; Appendix 3 : Introduction Letter to the Vice Chancellor of HG University ; Appendix 4 : Introduction Letter for the Focused Interview ; Appendix 5 : Introduction Information to the Women ; Appendix 6 : A Guide to the Conversational Interviews with Women Staff ; Appendix 7 : Guide to Focused Interviews ; Appendix 8 : An Example of a Transcribed Conversational Interview |
| Summary |
The HIV and AIDS regime of the early twenty-first century has opened up unknown vistas in intellectual pursuits and knowledge creation. One such newly opened area of research is studying HIV and AIDS in relation to gender issues. However, owing to the devastating nature of the epidemic, most studies tend to focus on women merely as an "at-risk" population - leaving aside the wider sociological dimensions that pertain to women's sexuality in general, issues of AIDS related stigma, and discrimination and how it impacts on women's careers as economic contributors to society. The uniqueness of the present study lies in the fact that it embodies the author's triangulated research into the tripartite dimensions of HIV and AIDS, women's sexuality, and gender-sociology, all against the backdrop of analysing actual experiences of career women in Kenyan universities |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 19, 2013) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-293) and index |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) in women -- Kenya
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Women college teachers -- Diseases -- Kenya
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Women college teachers -- Sexual behavior -- Kenya
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- AIDS & HIV.
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MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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AIDS (Disease) in women
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Kenya
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013441209 |
| ISBN |
9789966040541 |
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9966040544 |
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9789966040299 |
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9966040293 |
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9789966040558 |
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9966040552 |
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