Folklore, Gender, and Aids in Malawi - No Secret Under the Sun

Zusatztext "Anika Wilson has assembled an impressive presentation of the power of informal discourse! often fed by media! in a time of catastrophic threat to women. Folklore! Gender! and AIDS in Malawi is an important contribution to the literature of women's studies! as well as a valuable cautionary reminder to healthcare activists! that women's voices in time of crisis deeply matter-they are trivialized at great risk." (Erika Brady! Western Folklore! Vol. 74.3 (4)! Summer-Fall! 2015) Informationen zum Autor Anika Wilson is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. She received her PhD in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work on informal narratives, gender conflict, and health beliefs has been presented at numerous conferences and published in Western Folklore. Klappentext Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique lens through which to discern popular formations of gender conflict and AIDS beliefs. This is the first book on AIDS and gender in Africa to draw primarily on such narratives. By exploring tales of love medicine, gossip about romantic rivalries, rumors of mysterious new diseases, marital advice, and stories of rape, among others, it provides rich, personally grounded insights into the everyday struggles of people living in an era marked by social upheaval. to come Zusammenfassung Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique lens through which to discern popular formations of gender conflict and AIDS beliefs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Advice is Good Medicine 3. Funny, Yet Sorrowful 4. 'Nobody Fears AIDS, Mphutsi is More Fire' 5. Mgoneko

Product details

• Authors: A Wilson, A. Wilson, Anika Wilson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2013
• EAN: 9781137322449
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32244-9
• No. of pages: 201
• Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora; Gender and Cultural Studies in; Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora; Gender and Cultural Studies in
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Women's and gender studies; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Family, Africa, Anthropology, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology, general, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, families, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Families—Social aspects, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Social medicine, Medical Sociology, AIDS;conflict;gender;legends;medicine