Faith in the time of aids: religion, biopolitics and modernity in south africa
Auteur :
Burchardt, Marian
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349560592
Date de publication :
22 déc. 2017
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.