Agnes Muriungi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agnes Muriungi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agnes |
| FAMILY NAME | Muriungi |
| SIGNATURE | MURIUNGI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Narrative, contradiction and HIV/Aids in Kenya: The Case of Carolyne Adalla’s Confessions of an Aids Victim
The way in which HIV/AIDS has been represented and written about is enmeshed in the various economic, political, social and cultural issues that surround the disease. HIV/AIDS raises important questions regarding sexuality. As a result, most writers on the disease are interested in interrogating the socio-cultural and sexual ideologies that put both men and women at risk of infection while at the same time attempting to debunk different myths tha…
Healthy Bodies Versus Diseased Bodies: Romance as a Trope of Social Order in Kenyan HIV/Aids Fiction
This paper looks at how romantic discourses have been appropriated and employed as avenues for imagining and suggesting a particular kind of social order in the context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Most romance stories can be seen as dealing with emotions but in the texts discussed here, the writers' main focus is on the bodies of the characters. It is those people who carry healthy bodies who eventually succeed in their romantic pursuits while the ill …
The ‘Total/Real’ Man and the ‘Proper’ Woman: Safe Sex, Risk and Gender in Meja Mwangi's the Last Plague
(2002). THE ‘TOTAL/REAL’ MAN AND THE ‘PROPER’ WOMAN: SAFE SEX, RISK AND GENDER IN MEJA MWANGI'S THE LAST PLAGUE. English Studies in Africa: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 63-76
The ‘Total/Real’ Man and the ‘Proper’ Woman: Safe Sex, Risk and Gender in Meja Mwangi's the Last Plague
(2002). THE ‘TOTAL/REAL’ MAN AND THE ‘PROPER’ WOMAN: SAFE SEX, RISK AND GENDER IN MEJA MWANGI'S THE LAST PLAGUE. English Studies in Africa: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 63-76
Healthy Bodies Versus Diseased Bodies: Romance as a Trope of Social Order in Kenyan HIV/Aids Fiction
This paper looks at how romantic discourses have been appropriated and employed as avenues for imagining and suggesting a particular kind of social order in the context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Most romance stories can be seen as dealing with emotions but in the texts discussed here, the writers' main focus is on the bodies of the characters. It is those people who carry healthy bodies who eventually succeed in their romantic pursuits while the ill …
The ‘Total/Real’ Man and the ‘Proper’ Woman: Safe Sex, Risk and Gender in Meja Mwangi's the Last Plague
(2002). THE ‘TOTAL/REAL’ MAN AND THE ‘PROPER’ WOMAN: SAFE SEX, RISK AND GENDER IN MEJA MWANGI'S THE LAST PLAGUE. English Studies in Africa: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 63-76
Healthy Bodies Versus Diseased Bodies: Romance as a Trope of Social Order in Kenyan HIV/Aids Fiction
This paper looks at how romantic discourses have been appropriated and employed as avenues for imagining and suggesting a particular kind of social order in the context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Most romance stories can be seen as dealing with emotions but in the texts discussed here, the writers' main focus is on the bodies of the characters. It is those people who carry healthy bodies who eventually succeed in their romantic pursuits while the ill …
Narrative, contradiction and HIV/Aids in Kenya: The Case of Carolyne Adalla’s Confessions of an Aids Victim
The way in which HIV/AIDS has been represented and written about is enmeshed in the various economic, political, social and cultural issues that surround the disease. HIV/AIDS raises important questions regarding sexuality. As a result, most writers on the disease are interested in interrogating the socio-cultural and sexual ideologies that put both men and women at risk of infection while at the same time attempting to debunk different myths tha…
Sociology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works)