Faith in the Time of AIDS: Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa (1st ed. 2015) (Non-Governmental Public Action)
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- Synopsis
- This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity.
- Copyright:
- 2015
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137477774
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781137477767
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 04/09/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Marian Burchardt
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Medicine, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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