Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi: No Secret Under the Sun

ISBN-13: 9781349458370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 190 str.

Anika Wilson; A. Wilson

Opis

Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique window into popular formations of AIDS and gender conflict in Africa. The first book on the subject to draw primarily on such narratives, this book shows how they provide rich insights into the struggles of people living in an era of social upheaval.

Recenzje

"Anika Wilson has assembled an impressive presentation of the power of informal discourse, often fed by media, in a time of catastrophic threat to women. Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi is an important contribution to the literature of women's studies, as well as a valuable cautionary reminder to healthcare activists, that women's voices in time of crisis deeply matter-they are trivialized at great risk." (Erika Brady, Western Folklore, Vol. 74.3 (4), Summer-Fall, 2015)

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Advice is Good Medicine 3. Funny, Yet Sorrowful 4. 'Nobody Fears AIDS, Mphutsi is More Fire' 5. Mgoneko

O autorze

Anika Wilson is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. She received her PhD in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work on informal narratives, gender conflict, and health beliefs has been presented at numerous conferences and published in Western Folklore.