Landscapes of Activism: Civil Society, HIV and AIDS Care in Northern Mozambique
(Part of the Medical Anthropology Series)
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AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However, the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. At first, the group has everything it needs, a thriving membership, and support from major donors. Soon, the group undergoes an identity crisis over money and power, eventually fading from the scene. As government and development institutions embraced activist demands--decentralizing AIDS care through policies of health systems strengthening--civil society was increasingly rendered obsolete. Charting this transition--from subjects, to citizens, and back again--reveals the inefficacy of protest, and the importance of community resilience. The product of in-depth ethnography and focused anthropological inquiry, this is the first book on AIDS activists in Mozambique. AIDS activism's strange decline in southern Africa, rather than a reflection of citizen apathy, is the direct result of targeted state and donor intervention.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813596696
ISBN13:9780813596693
Release Date:July 2018
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:230 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 8.8" x 6.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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