"Represents a long-overdue examination of anthropology's role in the fight against AIDS, bringing together the anthropological perspective and the problem of AIDS like no other."--Brian Joseph Gilley, University of Vermont

Until now, there has been no one text that discusses the norms, beliefs, and behaviors that affect how societies respond to HIV/AIDS around the world.

The Anthropology of AIDS synthesizes data from anthropology, psychology, sociology, biology, and medicine, and incorporates the author's more than two decades of work as a medical anthropologist, HIV test...

This long-awaited, holistic, and cross-cultural survey demonstrates the effects of varying economic, political, social and cultural conditions on women's health throughout the world. The authors address a wide range of topics, from the sexual, reproductive, and gynecological to issues such as stress from and adaptation to increased urbanization, changing work roles, and family structures. Offers] a complex picture of women's experiences as seekers of health care in an increasingly multifaceted world in which traditional medical models and treatments have not vanished, but have been...