Culture and Sexual Risk: Anthropological Perspectives on AIDS (Hardcover)

~ H. Brummelhuis (Author) "What has anthropology to offer those who work in the area of AIDS/STDs?..." (more)
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Brummelhuis and Herdt provide an intense examination of sexual risk and its cultural configurations heretofore missing from the AIDS literature. The chapters on Western gay men speak to the pressing methodological, conceptual and theoretical needs in HIV/AIDS research while providing an understanding and documentation of gay men's lives within the emerging corpus of lesbian and gay studies. Chapters on the Philippines, Brazil, Haiti and Africa explore the cultural, political and economic contexts surrounding the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS in these cultures.
Culture and Sexual Risk addresses many controversial themes that have emerged over the last few years: the ethics of sex research, the role of Western anthropologists in developing nations, the role of heterosexuals in AIDS research and the impact of AIDS on the discipline of anthropology.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2884491309
• ISBN-13: 978-2884491303
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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