Faith in the Time of AIDS
Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Seiten
2016
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1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-47777-4 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-47777-4 (ISBN)
This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.4.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Non-Governmental Public Action |
| Zusatzinfo | XI, 216 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | AIDS • Anthropology • biomedicine • Development • Engagement • Globalization • HIV/Aids • humanitarianism • Knowledge • Moral • Morality • Nation • NGOs • organization • Religion • Sex • Sexuality • Sociology • South Africa • transnational |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-47777-6 / 1137477776 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-47777-4 / 9781137477774 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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