Faith in the Time of AIDS - E-book

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Faith In The Time Of Aids - ENG

Religion, Biopolitics And Modernity In South Africa

Marian Burchardt

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ISBN:	9781137477774
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencias sociales
Subtema:	Enfermedad y Cuestiones de Salud
Año de publicación:	2016-04-29

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.

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