AIDS, Sex, and Culture

<i>AIDS, Sex, and Culture</i> is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author’s own extensive ethnographic research.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>based on the author’s own story growing up in South Africa<br /> </li> <li>looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs<br /> </li> <li>discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana<br /> </li> <li>includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family’s struggle with AIDS</li> </ul>