{"product_id":"hiv-exceptionalism-development-through-disease-in-sierra-leone-paperback-softback-9780816692439","title":"HIV Exceptionalism; Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816692439","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHIV Exceptionalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDevelopment Through Disease in Sierra Leone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdia Benton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816692439\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 4\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A keenly observed case study.\"-\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHIV Exceptionalism \u003c\/i\u003ewill be a fine addition to both institutional and personal libraries, offering insights for global health and development scholars, and particularly for HIV\/AIDS researchers.\"-\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Through fine-grained accounts describing how individuals navigated new structures, new relationships, and new expectations that came along with being beneficiaries of global HIV funding, Benton reveals that jagged edges and uncomfortable truths about broader global-local health encounters. This book tells a compelling story about an entire society adapting to a sudden infusion of donor money for a disease that, in this particular context, barely existed.\"-\u003ci\u003eAnthropological Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Benton recovers numerous silences and opens a conversation foregrounding the unarticulated moral epistemologies people struggle with.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Benton adeptly dissects the psychological and practical effects of the well-meaning but often overbearing world of development. \u003ci\u003eHIV Exceptionalism\u003c\/i\u003e is strongly argued and impressively researched.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book serves as a critical call to those in the public health field to be wary of health programming that so imbalances comprehensive healthcare services in an effort to target a health problem that is perceived as exceptional, emergent and urgent.\"-\u003ci\u003eMedical Anthropology Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER, 2017 RACHEL CARSON PRIZE, SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2002, Sierra Leone emerged from a decadelong civil war. Seeking international attention and development aid, its government faced a dilemma. Though devastated by conflict, Sierra Leone had a low prevalence of HIV. However, like most African countries, it stood to benefit from a large influx of foreign funds specifically targeted at HIV\/AIDS prevention and care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Adia Benton chronicles in this ethnographically rich and often moving book is how one war-ravaged nation reoriented itself as a country suffering from HIV at the expense of other, more pressing health concerns. During her fieldwork in the capital, Freetown, a city of one million people, at least thirty NGOs administered internationally funded programs that included HIV\/AIDS prevention and care. Benton probes why HIV exceptionalism-the idea that HIV is an exceptional disease requiring an exceptional response-continues to guide approaches to the epidemic worldwide and especially in Africa, even in low-prevalence settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the fourth decade since the emergence of HIV\/AIDS, many today are questioning whether the effort and money spent on this health crisis has in fact helped or exacerbated the problem. \u003ci\u003eHIV Exceptionalism\u003c\/i\u003e does this and more, asking, what are the unanticipated consequences that HIV\/AIDS development programs engender?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: HIV Exceptionalism in Sierra Leone: Christiana’s Story\u003cbr\u003ePart I. The Exceptional Life of HIV in Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003e1. The HIV Industry in Postwar Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003e2. Exceptional Life, Exceptional Suffering: Enumerating HIV’s Truths\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Becoming HIV-Positive\u003cbr\u003e3. The Imperative to Talk: Disclosure and Its Preoccupations\u003cbr\u003e4. Positive Living: Hierarchies of Visibility, Vulnerability, and Self-Reliance\u003cbr\u003ePart III. HIV and Governance\u003cbr\u003e5. For Love of Country: Model Citizens, Good Governance, and the Nationalization of HIV\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Future of HIV Exceptionalism\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681262825752,"sku":"9780816692439","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hiv-exceptionalism-development-through-disease-in-sierra-leone-paperback-softback-9780816692439","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}