Modernizing Sexuality: U.S. HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sexuality, Identity, and Society)

Synopsis

Stepping Outside The Established Boundaries Of Hiv Scholarship, 'modernizing Sexuality' Illustrates The Ways In Which Western Idealizations Of Normative Sexuality And The Power Of Modernity Come Together In U.s. Prevention Policy, And How They Actually Exacerbate Hiv Risk, Particularly For Women. Tracing The Story Of Aids: An Introduction To Narrative, African Aids And The U.s. Prevention Response -- Embodied Risk: Gender, Modernity, & Tradition -- Love Matches: The Policy Prescription For Good Sex -- The Sweetest Sex Possible...under The Circumstances: The Everyday Prescription For Good Sex -- Prevention Strategies: Individualized & Bureaucratic Practices For Creating Modern Actors -- Renarrating Good Sex: Redirecting Prevention. Anne Esacove. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.