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When Bodies Remember

Paperback • 2007 • English

When Bodies Remember

By Didier Fassin

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About the book

In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist 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. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the...Show more

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ISBN

9780520250277

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

When Bodies Remember

Format

Paperback

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