Contestations over "Tradition" and "Culture" in a time of AIDS

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-302

  Peters, Pauline E ^a   Kambewa, Daimon ^b   Walker, Peter A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Malawi   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Culture; Gender; Indigenous illness; Malawi; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MALE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 77955328822     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2010.488661     Document Type: Article

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