AIDS and South Africa The Social Expression of a Pandemic

by Kauffmann, Kyle; Lindauer, David L.; Tutu, Desmond

• ISBN13: 9781403932563
• ISBN10: 1403932565
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-18
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The HIV/AIDS pandemic striking South Africa is of historic proportions. More people are living with AIDS in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Just in the past decade, the life expectancy in South Africa has dropped from 67 to 43 years. The social and economic impact of this disease is hard to overstate. However, what is striking is the paucity of thoughtful, reflective scholarship and writing on the subject. This collection addresses the economic, social and cultural impact of HIV/AIDS as it relates to South African society.

Author Biography

Kyle D. Kauffman is Jaan Walther Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought, Associate Professor of Economics and David L. Lindauer is Professor of Economics, both at Wellesley College.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	x
List of plates	x
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu	xi
Preface	xiii
Notes on the contributors	xvi
Acknowledgements	xviii
1 Too Poor to Stay Alive	1	(16)
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs
2 Why is South Africa the HIV Capital of the World? An Institutional Analysis of the Spread of a Virus	17	(14)
Kyle D. Kauffman
3 HIV/AIDS In the Context of South Africa's Epidemic History	31	(17)
Howard Phillips
4 South Africa Divided against AIDS: a Crisis of Leadership	48	(49)
Virginia van der Vliet
5 Assessing the Demographic and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS	97	(23)
Jeffrey D. Lewis
6 HIV/AIDS In South Africa: Can the Visual Arts Make a Difference?	120	(16)
Marilyn Martin
7 From Policy to Practice: the Anthropology of Condom Use	136	(25)
Claudia C. Bermudes Ribiero Da Cruz
8 The Role of Tertiary Institutions In the HIV/AIDS Epidemic	161	(15)
Cal Volks
9 Afterword: Challenges and Lessons	176	(9)
David L. Lindauer and Diana Chapman Walsh
Index	185