The Colour of Disease
Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950
Seiten
2001
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
9780333992661 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
9780333992661 (ISBN)
Today AIDS dominates the headlines. A century ago it was fears of syphilis epidemics. This book looks at how the spread of syphilis was linked to socio-economic transformation land dispossession, migrancy and urbanisation disrupted social networks - factors similarly important in the AIDS crisis. Medical explanations of syphilis and state medical policy, however, were shaped by contemporary beliefs about race. Doctors drew on ideas from social Darwinism, eugenics, and social anthropology to explain the incidence of syphilis among poor whites and Africans, especially women, and to help define 'normal' and abnormal sexual behaviour for racial groups.
List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Tracking Down the Treponema, 1880-1910 From Paupers to Pass Laws: Control of VD in the Cape and Transvaal VD and the 'Poor White' Problem in the 1920s and 1930s VD, Treatment and Educational Propaganda for Whites, 1910-1930 Migrancy, Prostitution and VD, 1920-1950 Moral Tribes and Corrupting Cities: VD and the 'Native Question', 1920-1950 VD Treatment and Educational Propaganda for Africans, 1910-1950 Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.4.2001 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | St Antony's Series |
| Zusatzinfo | XII, 248 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Schlagworte | AIDS • Anthropology • Behavior • Bibliography • Crisis • Education • Eugenics • Prostitution • Race • Social network • Social Networks • State • Transformation • Treatment • Women |
| ISBN-13 | 9780333992661 / 9780333992661 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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