When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa Volume 15

by Didier Fassin

Book Overview

In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis--the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.

One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520250273
• ISBN13: 9780520250277
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.0"