{"product_id":"infected-kin-orphan-care-and-aids-in-lesotho-hardback-9781978804753","title":"Infected Kin; Orphan Care and AIDS in Lesotho (Hardback) 9781978804753","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrphan Care and AIDS in Lesotho\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEllen Block (Author), Will McGrath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978804753\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 13 color images, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.463 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\u003cdiv\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/i\u003e, Block and McGrath have crafted a clear and concise contribution to the anthropological literature on the southern African HIV\/AIDS epidemic.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Medical Anthropology Quarterly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a moving account of suffering, yes—but its riveting story includes joy and, above all, inspiration. The authors' narrative of love, labor, and loss in southern Africa weaves the charms of poetic prose (McGrath) with the insights of social science (Block). Together, they offer a lament for global inequality in the 21st century, while also celebrating the human spirit.\" \u003c\/div\u003e— Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham,, co-authors of Parallel Worlds: An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa and Braided Worlds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is engaging and makes it suitable for a wide variety of readers. The inclusion of both anthropological and biomedical approaches to the HIV\/AIDS epidemic in Lesotho makes this text equally valuable to students and practitioners outside of anthropology. Specifically, the sophisticated treatment of culture as intertwined (and cocreative) with HIV is an important antidote to the reductive treatment of culture as and either the cause of or barrier to eradicating HIV.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Journal of Social Encounters\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Drawing on the authors' in-depth experience in the small, landlocked southern African country of Lesotho comes this gem of a book—at once funny and sad, inspiring and sobering—that conveys the \u003ci\u003esocial\u003c\/i\u003e consequences of HIV through a focus on orphans and their care. Beginning with the simple but powerful premise that AIDS is a kinship disease, \u003ci\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/i\u003e combines gripping narrative and astute analysis to tell human stories that both capture and enlighten the reader.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Daniel Jordan Smith, author of AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Choice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\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\u003eAIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, where a quarter of adults are infected, the wide-ranging implications of the disease have been felt in every family, disrupting key aspects of social life. In \u003ci\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/i\u003e, Ellen Block and Will McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamentally a kinship disease, examining the ways it transcends infected individuals and seeps into kin relations and networks of care. While much AIDS scholarship has turned away from the difficult daily realities of those affected by the disease, \u003ci\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/i\u003e uses both ethnographic scholarship and creative nonfiction to bring to life the joys and struggles of the Basotho people at the heart of the AIDS pandemic. The result is a book accessible to wide readership, yet built upon scholarship and theoretical contributions that ensure \u003ci\u003eInfected Kin\u003c\/i\u003e will remain relevant to anyone interested in anthropology, kinship, global health, and care. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.csbsju.edu\/sociology\/faculty\/anthropology-teaching-resources\/infected-kin-teaching-resources\"'\u003eSupplementary instructor resources\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.csbsju.edu\/sociology\/anthropology-teaching-resources\/useful-resources\/infected-kin-teaching-resources\"'\u003ehttps:\/\/www.csbsju.edu\/sociology\/faculty\/anthropology-teaching-resources\/infected-kin-teaching-resources\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e Preface: On Collaboration and Suffering\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: AIDS is a Kinship Disease\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Kinship First\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Medical Pluralism in a Low Resource Setting\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: \"Like Any Other Disease\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Orphan Care and the Family\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Infected Kin\u003cbr\u003e Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638343364888,"sku":"9781978804753","price":91.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/infected-kin-orphan-care-and-aids-in-lesotho-hardback-9781978804753","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}