Cover of When bodies remember

Book 2007

When bodies remember

Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Published
2007
  • AIDS (Disease)
  • Social aspects of AIDS (Disease)
  • Government policy
  • Aids (disease), south america
  • Epidemiology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • HIV Infections
  • Health Policy

Didier Fassin takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This work traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period.