Risky Marriage: HIV and Intimate Relationships in Tanzania

Risky Marriage: HIV and Intimate Relationships in Tanzania (Studies in Body and Religion)

Given that women and girls carry the heaviest burdens of the African HIV pandemic, their lived experiences should be the starting point for any pedagogy of prevention. In light of this claim, Risky Marriage: HIV and Intimate Relationships in Tanzania uses qualitative fieldwork with HIV positive women living in Mwanza, Tanzania to ask why marriage is an HIV risk factor. By beginning with womenâ€™s experience as a hermeneutical lens, this book seeks to establish a creative space where African women can imagine new alternatives to HIV prevention that would promote human flourishing and abundant life in African communities. The aim of this book is to listen faithfully to the lived experiences of HIV positive women and ask how their experiences can help us re-imagine Christian conceptions of marriage, sexual ethics, and health in an HIV positive world. By drawing on the unwritten texts of womenâ€™s lives, this study proposes alternative pedagogies for faith-based prevention methods and contributes to the wider interdisciplinary and theo-ethical discourse on HIV prevention and womenâ€™s health. At the same time, it makes local impact of equal importance as women in East African communities are invited to think creatively about ways to end the HIV pandemic.

For more information and comments from the author, watch a trailer for the book here: http://vimeo.com/semafilms/riskymarriage
Country USA
Brand Lexington Books
Manufacturer Lexington Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780739176610
ReleaseDate 2013-10-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780739176610

Country	USA
Brand	Lexington Books
Manufacturer	Lexington Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780739176610
ReleaseDate	2013-10-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780739176610

Risky Marriage: HIV and Intimate Relationships in Tanzania (Studies in Body and Religion)

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