AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal: A Kinship of Bones

Patricia C. Henderson

book: AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2012

AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

A Kinship of Bones

Patricia C. Henderson

In the series Care and Welfare Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048514977

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About this book

Patricia C. Henderson, a South African anthropologist, resided from March 2003 to February 2006 in Okhahlamba, a municipality in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. In this book, she recounts her experience among this rural population who lived under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Spanning a period that starts before antiretrovirals were readily available to a time when these treatments were finally used to care for the ill, this powerful account of a terrible disease and the communities which it affects focuses on the ties between suffering and kinship in South Africa.

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Patricia C. Henderson is a lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	9
Preface Open Access Download PDF	13
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	17
1. The Vertiginous Body And Social Metamorphosis Open Access Download PDF	41
2. Mortality And The Ethics Of Ethnographic Research Open Access Download PDF	59
3. Children And Youth In Pursuit Of Care Open Access Download PDF	83
4. Healers Negotiating The Local And The Global Open Access Download PDF	105
5. Love In A Time Of Adversity Open Access Download PDF	127
6. On Accompanying The Ill Open Access Download PDF	153
Epilogue Open Access Download PDF	181
Appendix: Interlocutors And Research Methods Open Access Download PDF	187
Acronyms Open Access Download PDF	193
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	195
Notes Open Access Download PDF	201
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	225
Index Open Access Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: July 15, 2012
ISBN: 9789048514977