TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pfeiffer,Elizabeth J.
TI  - Viral frictions: global health and the persistence of HIV stigma in Kenya 
T2  - Medical anthropology
SN  - 9781978822320
AV  - RA643.86. P44 2022 
U1  - 362.19697/9200096762 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New Brunswick
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - HIV-positive persons
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Patients
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - HIV infections
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index; Introduction -- Uneven Anthropological and Epidemiological Stories in Historical HIV Context -- HIV and Legacies of Racism, Political Violence, and Ethnic Conflict -- Stigma and the Cultural Politics of Uncertainty -- Economic Inequalities, Social Change, and the Politics of Gender and Sexuality -- (Re)Imagining Stigma at the Intersection of HIV and Mental Health Statuses -- HIV and the (Re)Making of Moral Personhood -- Conclusion
N2  - "Viral Frictions takes the reader along a trail of intersecting narratives to uncover how and why it is that HIV-related stigma persists in the age of treatment. Pfeiffer convincingly argues that stigma is a socially constructed process co-produced at the nexus of local, national, and global relationships and storytelling about and practices associated with HIV. Based on a decade of fieldwork in one highway trading center in Kenya, Viral Frictions offers compelling stories of stigma and discrimination as a lens for understanding broader social processes, the complexities of globalization and health, and their profound impact on the everyday social lives and relationships of people living through the ongoing HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. This highly engaging book is ideal reading for those interested in teaching and learning about intersectionality, as Pfeiffer meticulously demonstrates how HIV stigma interacts with issues of treatment, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, social change, and international aid systems"--
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