The Gendered Paradigm : HIV and the Subversion of Women's Disempowerment
(2005)Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- Today sub-Saharan Africa are a continent fighting a disease which greatly affect its economic, psychological and socio-political spheres and which impacts are felt increasingly throughout the society. The rapid spread of AIDS in Africa results from a deep, multistranded crisis in political economy and healthcare where social inequalities, widespread impoverishment and the social distortions is escalating the epidemic's spread. Focusing on the HIV-problematics from an African feministic theory I will argue that the Tanzanian society is founded upon gendered structures which put women in a subordinated position. My aim with this thesis is to exemplify the complexity of the HIV-issue and empirically show how the customary ideas of male... (More)
- Today sub-Saharan Africa are a continent fighting a disease which greatly affect its economic, psychological and socio-political spheres and which impacts are felt increasingly throughout the society. The rapid spread of AIDS in Africa results from a deep, multistranded crisis in political economy and healthcare where social inequalities, widespread impoverishment and the social distortions is escalating the epidemic's spread. Focusing on the HIV-problematics from an African feministic theory I will argue that the Tanzanian society is founded upon gendered structures which put women in a subordinated position. My aim with this thesis is to exemplify the complexity of the HIV-issue and empirically show how the customary ideas of male supremacy disempower women and in extension make them more vulnerable to HIV-infections. (Less)
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- author
- Berggren, Maricka
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- AIDS, HIV, genus, kvinnor, makt, feminism, Tanzania, socialantropologi, women, gender, disempowerment, feminist theory, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- English
- id
- 1331453
- date added to LUP
- 2005-08-12 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-08-12 00:00:00
@misc{1331453, abstract = {{Today sub-Saharan Africa are a continent fighting a disease which greatly affect its economic, psychological and socio-political spheres and which impacts are felt increasingly throughout the society. The rapid spread of AIDS in Africa results from a deep, multistranded crisis in political economy and healthcare where social inequalities, widespread impoverishment and the social distortions is escalating the epidemic's spread. Focusing on the HIV-problematics from an African feministic theory I will argue that the Tanzanian society is founded upon gendered structures which put women in a subordinated position. My aim with this thesis is to exemplify the complexity of the HIV-issue and empirically show how the customary ideas of male supremacy disempower women and in extension make them more vulnerable to HIV-infections.}}, author = {{Berggren, Maricka}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Gendered Paradigm : HIV and the Subversion of Women's Disempowerment}}, year = {{2005}}, }