When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in

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When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa (California Series in Public Anthropology)

In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisisâ€”the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.

One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.

Country	USA
Author	Didier Fassin
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520940451
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	390
PublicationDate	2007-03-14
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2007-01-15
Studio	University of California Press

When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa (California Series in Public Anthropology)

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