Title Love, money, and HIV : becoming a modern African woman in the age of AIDS / Sanyu A. Mojola

Published Oakland : University of California Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations Contents A stubborn disparity -- Consuming women, modernity and HIV risk -- Historical and cultural context -- Love, money and HIV prevention -- School and the production of consuming women -- Gendered economies and the role of ecology in HIV risk -- "To stem HIV in Africa, prevent transmission to young women" -- Epilogue : the magic bullet? Summary How do modern women in developing countries experience sexuality and love? Drawing on a rich array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, Sanyu A. Mojola examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African men, navigate their relationships, schooling, employment, and finances in the context of economic inequality and a devastating HIV epidemic. Writing from a unique outsider-insider perspective, Mojola argues that the entanglement of love, money, and the transformation of girls into "consuming women" lies at the heart of women's coming-of-age and health crises. At once engaging and compassionate, this text is an incisive analysis of gender, sexuality, and health in Africa. -- Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Young women -- Health risk assessment -- Kenya -- Nyanza Province Young women -- Sexual behavior -- Kenya -- Nyanza Province Young women -- Kenya -- Nyanza Province -- Economic conditions Young women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions HIV infections -- Sex factors -- Kenya -- Nyanza Province HIV infections -- Sex factors -- Africa, Sub-Saharan AIDS (Disease) -- Risk factors -- Kenya -- Nyanza Province AIDS (Disease) -- Risk factors -- Africa, Sub-Saharan AIDS (Disease) in women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Prevention Women consumers -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Attitudes POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. AIDS (Disease) in women -- Prevention AIDS (Disease) -- Risk factors HIV infections -- Sex factors Women consumers -- Attitudes Young women -- Economic conditions Young women -- Health risk assessment Young women -- Sexual behavior Sub-Saharan Africa Kenya -- Nyanza Province Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520958500 0520958500

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