Introduction -- Going public: the virus, video, and evangelicalism. -- "Things keep changing" : histories of dispersal and anxiety in Iganga. Demographic shifts, free young women, and idle adolescent men -- Patriarchy, marriage, and gendered reputations. -- Publics: interventions into youth sexuality. The evolution of HIV : inequalities and biomedical citizenship -- From auntie to disco : risk and pleasure in sexuality education -- "They arrested me for loving a school girl" : controlling delinquent daughters and punishing defiant boyfriends. -- Counterpublic : youth romance and love letters. Geographies of courtship and gender in the consumer economy -- "Burn the letter after reading" : secrecy and go-betweens -- "B4 I symbolise my symbolised symbology" : packaging and reading love letters -- "I miss you like a desert missing rain" : desire and longing -- "You're just playing with my head" : disappointment and uncertainty -- Conclusion : the death of Sam
Summary
"Shanti Parikh uses evocative stories and the innovative methodology of love letters to trace how Uganda's globally applauded HIV campaigns implemented within a context of persistent inequalities have unintentionally heightened anxiety around youth sexuality, transforming the young female body into a platform for moral debate and driving the world of youthful romance underground"--Provided by publisher
