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Witches, westerners, and HIV : AIDS & cultures of blame in Africa
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ISBN: 1598740334 1598740342 Year: 2006 Publisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. Left Coast

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Sociology of health --- Infectious diseases. Communicable diseases --- Sociology of culture --- Africa --- AIDS (Disease) --- Conspiracies --- HIV infections --- Medical anthropology --- Public opinion --- Witchcraft --- Public opinion. --- Zimbabwe --- Social life and customs. --- #SBIB:39A9 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Occultism --- Wicca --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Anthropology --- HIV (Viruses) infections --- HTLV-III infections --- HTLV-III-LAV infections --- Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections --- Lentivirus infections --- Sexually transmitted diseases --- History --- Political crimes and offenses --- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome --- Immunological deficiency syndromes --- Virus-induced immunosuppression --- Anthropological aspects --- Zimbabve --- Simbabwe --- Republic of Zimbabwe --- GOZ (Zimbabwe) --- Зімбабве --- Republika Zimbabve --- Зимбабве --- Ζιμπάμπουε --- Zimpampoue --- Δημοκρατία της Ζιμπάμπουε --- Dēmokratia tēs Zimpampoue --- Zimbabue --- República de Zimbabue --- Zimbabvo --- An tSiombáib --- Yn Çhimbabwe --- Siombabue --- Poblachd Shiombabue --- Cimbabue --- Simbabve --- Repubblica dello Zimbabwe --- זימבבואה --- Zimbabvah --- זימבבווה --- Zimbabweh --- Zimbabṿeh --- Зимбабуе --- Zimbabua --- Zimbabves Republika --- Република Зимбабве --- Zimbabhue --- ジンバブエ --- Jinbabue --- Zīmbābvih --- زيمبابوه --- Government of Zimbabwe --- Southern Rhodesia


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Witches, Westerners, and HIV : AIDS & cultures of blame in Africa
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ISBN: 1315415712 1315415720 1315415739 1598747495 Year: 2006 Publisher: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press,

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A witch's curse, an imperialist conspiracy, a racist plot-HIV/AIDS is a catastrophic health crisis with complex cultural dimensions. From small villages to the international system, explanations of where it comes from, who gets it, and who dies are tied to political agendas, religious beliefs, and the psychology of devastating grief. Frequently these explanations conflict with science and clash with prevention and treatment programs. In Witches, Westerners, and HIV Alexander Rödlach draws on a decade of research and work in Zimbabwe to compare beliefs about witchcraft and conspiracy theor

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