AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa /

AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa /

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Author / Creator:	McNeill, Fraser G., 1977-
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:	xxv, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The international African library ; 42 International African library ; 42.
Subject:	HIV infections -- Prevention -- South Africa. HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa. Music -- South Africa. HIV Infections -- prevention & control -- South Africa. Anthropology, Cultural -- South Africa. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice -- South Africa. Music -- South Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8561384

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ISBN:	9781107009912 (hardback) 110700991X (hardback)
Notes:	Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: AIDS, politics and music; 2. The battle for Venda kingship; 3. A rite to AIDS education? Venda girls' initiation and HIV prevention; 4. 'We want a job in the government': motivation and mobility in AIDS peer education; 5. 'We sing about what we cannot talk about': biomedical AIDS knowledge in stanza; 6. Guitar songs and 'sexy women': a folk cosmology of AIDS; 7. 'Condoms cause AIDS': poison, prevention, and degrees of separation; 8. Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book offers an original anthropological approach to the AIDS epidemic in South Africa by arguing that music is central to understanding how AIDS interventions operate"--Provided by publisher.

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