Title:
The carnivalesque factor in southern African HIV pandemic
Authors:
Price, L.
Year:
2010
Journal:
Exchange on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender
Volume:
2
Pages:
3
-
7
ISSN:
[1871-7551]
Language:
eng
Subject:
Health and Nutrition
Keywords:
HIV and AIDS
,
culture
,
gender
,
education
Abstract:
This article discusses the carnivalesque factor in the southern African HIV pandemic. The author hopes to demonstrate the need to move beyond current, gender-based theories of why HIV is so prevalent in southern Africa by arguing for a theory based on the idea of ‘carnivalesque’ culture, which better accounts for the current scientific facts about the epidemic, without discarding the relevance of gender altogether.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Region:
Southern Africa
Category:
General
Right:
© 2010 KIT
Document type:
E-article
File:
180337.pdf