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Faith in the Time of AIDS

- Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa

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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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781349560592
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 216
  • Udgivet:
  • 22. december 2017
  • Udgave:
  • 12015
  • Størrelse:
  • 218x144x14 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 302 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 26. november 2024

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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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