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Auteur:	Burchardt, Marian
Titel:	Faith in the Time of AIDS Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Uitgever:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9781349560592
Serie:	Non-Governmental Public Action
Editie:	1st ed. 2015
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 67.04
Verschijningsdatum:	22-12-2017
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Medical sociology
Geillustreerd:	XI, 216 p.

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	216
Hoogte mm.:	144
Breedte mm.:	218
Dikte mm.:	14
Gewicht gr.:	302

 

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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.