AIDS in Latin America

In this revealing book Timothy Frasca uncovers the enormous cultural changes which have taken place throughout Latin America as a result of the disease. He brings issues such as sexuality, class, and religious beliefs into the open for the first time. Compelling interviews with activists, people wit...

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Main Author Frasca, T
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2005
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition1
Subjects
AIDS (Disease)
Development Economics
Development Studies
Ethnography
History of the Americas
HIV infections
Latin America
Latin American Culture
Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection
Political Science and International Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology, general
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Summary:In this revealing book Timothy Frasca uncovers the enormous cultural changes which have taken place throughout Latin America as a result of the disease. He brings issues such as sexuality, class, and religious beliefs into the open for the first time. Compelling interviews with activists, people with AIDS, government leaders, and church leaders-all show how the epidemic has developed. Frasca draws lessons from Latin America and the strong activist involvement that succeeded in increasing government resources to fight the disease. Tragic tales and gripping narratives are intermixed with the first set of comprehensive epidemic statistics from the continent, eagerly awaited by the World Health community.
ISBN:1403979081
9781403979087
9781403969446
1403969442
9781349531264
134953126X
DOI:10.1057/9781403979087