South African Women Living with HIV: Global Lessons from Local Voices

by Anna Aulette-Root, Judy Aulette, Floretta Boonzaier

Book Overview

Based on interviews with women who are HIV positive, this sobering pandemic brings to light the deeply rooted and complex problems of living with HIV. Already pushed to the edges of society by poverty, racial politics, and gender injustice, women with HIV in South Africa have found ways to cope with work and men, disclosure of their HIV status, and care for families and children to create a sense of normalcy in their lives. As women take control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253010624
• ISBN13: 9780253010629
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher