Contestations Over 'Tradition' and 'Culture' in a Time of AIDS
| Autor: | Pauline E. Peters, Daimon Kambewa, Peter A. Walker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Malawi Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Culture Population Stigma (botany) HIV Infections Social issues Indigenous Blame Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Humans Medicine education media_common education.field_of_study Government business.industry Gender studies medicine.disease Promiscuity Anthropology Female Medicine Traditional business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Anthropology. 29:278-302 |
| ISSN: | 1545-5882 0145-9740 |
| Popis: | In Malawi, the distress and unease caused by rising numbers of deaths and chronic illness due to HIV infection have led people to search for explanations. Here, we describe two particular "turns to culture." Zomba villagers over two decades have come to link AIDS with kanyera, an indigenous illness syndrome. In contrast, the public media, government, and donors blame "promiscuity" and "cultural practices" for HIV infection. The resulting stigmatization causes people to avoid naming AIDS, and both turns to culture tend to link blame and stigma to women. |
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