The other Who is Also the Same

The Relevance of Epidemics in Space and Time for Prevention of HIV Infection

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7096474
AutoresRonald Frankenberg (Keele University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen22
Número1
Páginas73-88
Fecha de publicación1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Health Services (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7314 • E-ISSN: 1541-4469
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/6vn3-9jae-rqd5-u03m
PMID1735629
OpenAlexW2004216225
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas11

The history of epidemics reveals the imposition of controls over time and space on the sick and powerless other in the interests of the well and powerful same. In contrast, effective prevention requires the sharing of values, space, and time: coevality in the broadest sense. Adolescents are seen as merely transitional: they were children in the recent past, they will be adults in the recent future. Thus as an other who must become the same, they are seen as out of time and threatening. Conventional adults fear uncontrolled sexuality, especially if it is perceived as taking place out of time and is therefore anachronistic or in the wrong places, out of bed and through the wrong orifices (anatopistic). These unshared cultural perceptions are a barrier against both education for life and effective prevention of HIV infection

Anachronism · Criminology · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Perception · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology