yes / This paper provides an overview of the literature on AIDS activism, stigma, and
violence. The literature on AIDS activism, stigma and violence discussed
suggests that the physical, emotional and social violence that AIDS as a disease,
and stigma as a social construct tied to that disease, can be turned into an
empowering experience that joins HIV positive people in productive and
constructive networks, that this empowerment fundamentally changes one¿s
identity, and that such disease-based identities are reshaping notions of
citizenship around the globe. This hypothesis is built, however, on theory and on
experiences in a) richer countries with a completely different epidemiology than
that of sub-Saharan Africa, b) a highly politicised and activist country such as
South Africa, and on c) initial ethnographic evidence from West African countries.
Although this seems enough evidence to tentatively observe a trend, we need far
more evidence from diverse contexts if this transformative potential is to be
explored to the full. The paper concludes by drawing out a research agenda.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/3846 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Boesten, Jelke |
| Publisher | University of Bradford |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Working Paper, published version paper |
| Rights | © 2007 University of Bradford. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk). |
| Relation | http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/icps/publications/papers/index.php |
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