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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joel Christian ReedPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.335kg ISBN: 9780813596693ISBN 10: 0813596696 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 09 July 2018 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback 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 ContentsReviewsA thoughtful and timely account, this book examines the efforts of HIV support groups to become part of the HIV story in Mozambique - and their struggle to do so amid the political demands of the state and the overwhelming presence of transnational organizations. Charting the rise and fall of HIV activism in Mozambique's northernmost province, the book movingly describes the everyday challenges facing support group members, from the politics of affiliation to efforts at remaking the self. Well-written and evocative, this book will speak to readers interested in the challenges of providing care in complex landscapes of support and politics. --Ramah McKay department of history & sociology of science, University of Pennsylvania Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018, compiled by Nina C. Ayoub--Ramah McKay Chronicle of Higher Education Landscapes of Activism is a rich and nuanced ethnography. Its real strength lies in the quality of Reed's research material and the social analysis generated from it. Of all the texts dealing with AIDS activism in Africa, this book offers a fresh critique, and its Mozambican-focus makes it particularly interesting. --Mandisa Mbali author of South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics, Senior Lecturer in Historical Stud Landscapes of Activism is a remarkable, eye-opening examination of the realities of HIV activism in the global South - what fuels it, what undermines it, and most importantly, the uses to which it has been put by powerful global health players. Reed offers a beautifully written but unsettling ethnographic account of the marred, and at times dysfunctional, forms of civic life that have evolved alongside increasingly biomedical and technocratic HIV treatment efforts. --Nora Kenworthy author of Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho "“Landscapes of Activism is a remarkable, eye-opening examination of the realities of HIV activism in the global South – what fuels it, what undermines it, and most importantly, the uses to which it has been put by powerful global health players. Reed offers a beautifully written but unsettling ethnographic account of the marred, and at times dysfunctional, forms of civic life that have evolved alongside increasingly biomedical and technocratic HIV treatment efforts.” -- Nora Kenworthy * author of Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho * “Landscapes of Activism is a rich and nuanced ethnography. Its real strength lies in the quality of Reed’s research material and the social analysis generated from it. Of all the texts dealing with AIDS activism in Africa, this book offers a fresh critique, and its Mozambican-focus makes it particularly interesting.” -- Mandisa Mbali * author of South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics, Senior Lecturer in Historical Stud * “A thoughtful and timely account, this book examines the efforts of HIV support groups to become part of the HIV story in Mozambique - and their struggle to do so amid the political demands of the state and the overwhelming presence of transnational organizations. Charting the “rise and fall” of HIV activism in Mozambique’s northernmost province, the book movingly describes the everyday challenges facing support group members, from the politics of affiliation to efforts at remaking the self. Well-written and evocative, this book will speak to readers interested in the challenges of providing care in complex landscapes of support and politics.” -- Ramah McKay * department of history & sociology of science, University of Pennsylvania * “A thoughtful and timely account, this book examines the efforts of HIV support groups to become part of the HIV story in Mozambique -- and their struggle to do so amid the political demands of the state and the overwhelming presence of transnational organizations. Charting the “rise and fall” of HIV activism in Mozambique’s northernmost province, the book movingly describes the everyday challenges facing support group members, from the politics of affiliation to efforts at remaking the self. Well-written and evocative, this book will speak to readers interested in the challenges of providing care in complex landscapes of support and politics.” -- Ramah McKay * Department of History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania * ""Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018,"" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *" Landscapes of Activism is a rich and nuanced ethnography. Its real strength lies in the quality of Reed's research material and the social analysis generated from it. Of all the texts dealing with AIDS activism in Africa, this book offers a fresh critique, and its Mozambican-focus makes it particularly interesting. --Mandisa Mbali author of South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics, Senior Lecturer in Historical Stud Landscapes of Activism is a remarkable, eye-opening examination of the realities of HIV activism in the global South - what fuels it, what undermines it, and most importantly, the uses to which it has been put by powerful global health players. Reed offers a beautifully written but unsettling ethnographic account of the marred, and at times dysfunctional, forms of civic life that have evolved alongside increasingly biomedical and technocratic HIV treatment efforts. --Nora Kenworthy author of Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho Author InformationJOEL CHRISTIAN REED is a medical anthropologist and epidemiologist from Lexington, Kentucky. He currently works with the USAID-funded Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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