Title Witches, Westerners, and HIV : AIDS & cultures of blame in Africa / Alexander Rödlach

Published Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 247 pages) : illustrations Contents Investigating sorcery and conspiracy -- HIV/AIDS as personal experience -- The sorcery paradigm -- A sorcerer's servant-being -- Infidelity and sorcery -- Conspiracy paradigms -- Conspiracy theories involving healthcare providers -- Conspiracy theories involving westerners -- Comparing theories of blame -- Applications for the AIDS crisis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-237) and index Notes Print version record Subject Medical anthropology -- Zimbabwe AIDS (Disease) -- Zimbabwe -- Public opinion HIV infections -- Zimbabwe -- Public opinion Conspiracies -- Zimbabwe Witchcraft -- Zimbabwe Public opinion -- Zimbabwe Manners and customs. Medicine -- Philosophy. Witchcraft. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- psychology Cultural Characteristics HIV Infections -- psychology Philosophy, Medical Public Opinion Witchcraft witchcraft. customs (social concepts) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Medicine -- Philosophy AIDS (Disease) -- Public opinion Conspiracies Manners and customs Medical anthropology Public opinion Witchcraft Hexerei Verschwörung Kultur Aids Aidssjuka -- Zimbabwe. HIV -- attityder till -- Zimbabwe. HIV -- folktro och folkseder -- Zimbabwe. SUBJECT Zimbabwe -- Social life and customs Zimbabwe Subject Zimbabwe Simbabwe Form Electronic book LC no. 2006019726 ISBN 9781598747492 1598747495 9781598740332 1598740334 9781598740349 1598740342

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