Infected Kin Orphan Care and AIDS in Lesotho |
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Author:
| Block, Ellen McGrath, Will |
Series title: | Medical Anthropology Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-9788-0474-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2019 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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AIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, a quarter of adults are infected. In Infected Kin, Block and McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamentally a kinship disease, examining the ways it transcends infected individuals and seeps into kin relations and networks of care.
AIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, a quarter of adults are infected. In Infected Kin, Block and McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamentally a kinship disease, examining the ways it transcends infected individuals and seeps into kin relations and networks of care.