AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa /
McNeill, Fraser G., 1977-
AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa / Fraser G. McNeill. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xxv, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - International African library ; no. 42 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) and index.
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.
"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.
9781107009912 (hardback) 9781107616516 (African edition paperback)
2011001950
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.
RA643.86.S6 / M386 2011
362.196/97920096
WC 503.6
AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa / Fraser G. McNeill. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xxv, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - International African library ; no. 42 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) and index.
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.
"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.
9781107009912 (hardback) 9781107616516 (African edition paperback)
2011001950
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.
RA643.86.S6 / M386 2011
362.196/97920096
WC 503.6