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OverviewCulture and Sexual Risk addresses many controversial themes that have emerged over the last few years: the ethics of sex research, the role of Westem anthropologists in developing nations, the role of heterosexuals in AIDS research and the impact of AIDS on the discipline of anthropology. Brummelhuis and Herdt provide an intense examination of sexual risk and its cultural configurations heretofore missing from the AIDS literature. The chapters on Westem gay men speak to the pressing methodological, conceptual and theoretical needs in HIV/AIDS research while providing an understanding and documentation of gay men's lives within the emerging corpus of lesbian and gay studies. Chapters on the Philippines, Brazil, Haiti and Africa explore the cultural, political and economic contexts surrounding the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS in these cultures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hans ten Brummelhuis , Gilbert HerdtPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9782884491303ISBN 10: 2884491309 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 27 June 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction—Anthropology in the Context of AIDS Part I CULTURE AND BEYOND: THE WIDER CONTEXT OF SEXUAL RISK 1 Culture, Poverty, and the Dynamics of HIV Transmission in Rural Haiti 2 Culture, Sex Research and AIDS Prevention in Africa 3 Vulnerability to HIV Infection Among Three Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand Part II CONTEXTUALIZING SEXUAL RISK 4 Gender, Age and Class: Discourses on HIV Transmission and Control in Uganda 5 Sexuality, AIDS and Gender Norms Among Brazilian Teenagers 6 The Dynamics of Condom Use in Thai Sex Work with Farang Clients 7 Risky Business? Men Who Buy Heterosexual Sex in Spain Part III SEXUAL RISK AMONG WESTERN GAY MEN 8 Sexual Negotiations: An Ethnographic Study of Men Who Have Sex with Men 9 Social Stress and Risky Sex Among Gay Men: An Additional Explanation for the Persistence of Unsafe Sex 10 Risk in Context: The Use of Sexual Diary Data to Analyse Homosexual Risk Behaviour 11 Talking About AIDS: Linguistic Perspectives on Non-Neutral Discourse Part IV THE STUDY OF CULTURE AND SEXUAL RISK 12 Disembodied Acts: On the Perverse Use of Sexual Categories in the Study of High-Risk Behaviour 13 The Social and Cultural Construction of Sexual Risk, or How to Have (Sex) Research in an Epidemic 14 Theory and Method in HIV Prevention: The Philippine Experience 15 Rethinking Anthropology: The Study of AIDS 16 Half-Way There: Anthropology and Intervention Oriented AIDS Research in KwaZulu/Natal, South AfricaReviewsAuthor InformationHan ten Brummelhuis, as a Thai specialist with an interest in medical anthropology, has followed the Thai AIDS epidemic from its beginning in 1987. He became involved in several projects dealing with cultural and social aspects of AIDS in Thailand. Recently he studied Thai marriage and family, Thai communities in Europe, and the Buddhist potential for HIV/AIDS care. Gilbert Herdt is Director of the Center for Culture and Mental Health Research, and Professor of the Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago. His most recent books are Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Youth Are Forging a New Way Out of the Closet (with Andrew Boxer) and Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in History and Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |