War in the blood : sex, politics, and AIDS in Southeast Asia /

War in the blood : sex, politics, and AIDS in Southeast Asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Beyrer, Chris.
Imprint:	Bangkok : White Lotus ; London ; New York : Zed Books, 1998.
Description:	x, 246 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	AIDS (Disease) -- Asia, Southeastern -- Epidemiology. AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- Asia, Southeastern. Sex customs -- Asia, Southeastern -- History. AIDS (Disease) -- Epidemiology. AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects. HIV infections -- Epidemiology. Sex customs. Southeast Asia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3002551

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Sex, politics, and AIDS in Southeast Asia
ISBN:	1856495310 (cased) 1856495329 (limp)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Part 1. Countries
1. Introduction
2. Thailand: the descending Buddha
3. Burma: going to Myanmar, being in Burma
4. Cambodia: AIDS and the torn society
5. Laos: travels in the Cold War
6. Malaysia: ethnicity, activism, and AIDS
7. Vietnam: the Thai model in action
8. Yunnan: China's Southeast Asia
Part 2. People, Risks
9. Women: wives, mothers, daughters
10. The flesh trade: prostitution and trafficking in ASEAN
11. Military studies
12. Chasing the dragon: heroin and AIDS
13. Tribes: the virus that kills the gods
14. Other genders: katoeys, waria, hinjras, toms and dees
15. Chaai chuay chaai: men helping men
16. Prisons and prisoners
17. The media
18. Activists
Part 3. Relativity and Culture
19. Drug wars and the war on drugs
20. Medical ethics, human rights, Asian values
21. Democracy, empowerment, and health
22. Conclusion: condoms or land-mines
Bibliography
Index