Viral Frictions : Global Health and the Persistence of HIV Stigma in Kenya.
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| Author / Creator: | Pfeiffer, Elizabeth J. |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (247 p.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medical Anthropology Ser. Medical Anthropology Ser. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13587135 |
| Summary: | Viral Frictions takes the reader along a trail of intersecting narratives to uncover how and why it is that HIV-related stigma persists in the age of treatment. Pfeiffer convincingly argues that stigma is a socially constructed process co-produced at the nexus of local, national, and global relationships and storytelling about and practices associated with HIV. Based on a decade of fieldwork in one highway trading center in Kenya, Viral Frictions offers compelling stories of stigma and discrimination as a lens for understanding broader social processes, the complexities of globalization and health, and their profound impact on the everyday social lives and relationships of people living through the ongoing HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. This highly engaging book is ideal reading for those interested in teaching and learning about intersectionality, as Pfeiffer meticulously demonstrates how HIV stigma interacts with issues of treatment, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, social change, and international aid systems. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (247 p.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781978822368 1978822367 9781978822320 1978822324 9781978822337 1978822332 |