Life With Hiv

Stigma' and Hope in Malawi's Era of Arvs

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ID2102860
AuthorsJessica Johnson (0009-0001-8518-6806, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume82
Issue4
Pages632-653
Publication date2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0001972012000538
OpenAlexW2028446451
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited59

Anti-retroviral therapies have radically transformed the HIV epidemic in rural southern Malawi and this article explores the ways in which women are learning to live with the virus in a matrilineal setting. Through discussion of the experiences of HIV-positive women, I argue that stigma can only be understood through an appreciation of the pre-existing, and often complicated, social relations into which new information about a person is folded. The women's narratives reveal a tentative hope for the future, which is replicated in my own optimism that the anthropology of HIV is undergoing a parallel reorientation towards the study of life with HIV, rather than death by AIDS

Criminology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Narrative · Optimism · Psychiatry · Sociology · Stigma (botany · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Virology

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