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Ensnared
by AIDS
Cultural Contexts of HIV/AIDS in Nepal
Author: David
K. Beine
ISBN: 99933-10-18-2
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Edition: HB
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Rs. 650.00
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Edition: PB
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Rs. 500.00
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About the book
This book is written primarily for scholars of Nepal, other scholars such
as anthropologists (especially medical anthropologists), social epidemiologists
and public health professionals (especially health educators working with
international NGOs) would also enjoy the topics covered. It may also be
of theoretical and methodological interest more widely to cognitive anthropologists,
cognitive linguists and psychological anthropologists because it explores
the relationship between cognitive schemata and the creation of cultural
models of meaning and provides a better understanding of how people incorporate
new ideas into established cognitive systems.
It is the first long-term field study of the cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS
in South Asia. It is also one of the few ethnographies of HIV/AIDS to emphasize
the depth and diversity of the people's view and construction of the emerging
illness. And it is the only HIV/AIDS ethnography to utilize a discourse
analysis (linguistic) approach. |
