| Faith in the Time of AIDS: Religion, Biopolitics, and Modernity in South Africa 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Burchardt, Marian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349560596 ISBN-13: 9781349560592 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 261.832 |
| Series: Non-Governmental Public Action |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
