This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networks - rather than changes in individual behavior - were responsible for these radical differences in HIV prevalence. Incorporating such factors as property, mobility, social status, and political authority into our understanding of AIDS transmission, Thornton's analysis also suggests new avenues for fighting the disease worldwide.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-13
9780520255524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95176439
Product Key Features
Author
Robert Thornton
Publication Name
Unimagined Community: Sex, Networks, and Aids in Uganda and South Africa
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology, Healthcare System
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
20
Item Weight
467g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Thornton
Series Title
California Series in Public Anthropology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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