Essays about: "HIV anthropology"

Found 2 essays containing the words HIV anthropology.

1. 1. Making sense of HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa

   University essay from Avdelningen för Socialantropologi

   Author : Hanna Styrbjörn; [2009]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; HIV AIDS; women; Cape Town; South Africa; Socialantropologi; HIV AIDS; kvinnor; Kapstaden; Sydafrika;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how women in Cape Town reflect over and deal with HIV/AIDS in their everyday lives and also how they explain the cause and spread of the virus. The thesis is based on two months of fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, where I got the opportunity to interview three women about HIV/AIDS and how they related to the disease as well as how people in general relate to it. READ MORE

3. 2. Minor field study: AIDS - how it affects the elders and the social system in Zambian society

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Maja Fink Axelsen; [2006]
   Keywords : medical anthropology; AIDS; Zambia; extended family network; socialantropologi; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : AIDS has a great impact on the life of the individual in Zambian society but also the collectiveness of family households and local community life is highly affected by the death of many individuals and family members. It is mainly adults in their working age 15-50 whom are sexually active, that gets infected with HIV and die. READ MORE