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The Gendered Paradigm : HIV and the Subversion of Women's Disempowerment

Berggren, Maricka (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
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
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  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}},
}