The Life and Death of a Street Boy in East Africa
Everyday Violence in the Time of Aids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2278024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Lockhart (0000-0002-1713-7957, Utah State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-115 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2008.00005.x |
| PMID | 18610815 |
| OpenAlex | W2127126862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article focuses on the life history of a single street boy in northwestern Tanzania, whom I name Juma. I suggest that Juma's experiences and the life trajectory of himself and of significant individuals around him (particularly his mother) were structured by everyday violence. I describe everyday violence in terms of a conjuncture between macrostructural forces in East Africa (including a history of failed development schemes and the contemporary political economy of neoliberalism) and the lived experience of individuals as they negotiate local, contextual factors (including land-tenure practices, the power dynamics between immediate and extended kin, life on the streets, and constructions of gender and sexuality). I suggest that AIDS and its many impacts on Juma's life course can only be understood in a broader context of everyday violence. From this basis, I draw several general conclusions regarding AIDS prevention and intervention strategies
Criminology · Everyday life · Medical emergency · Political science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,94 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |