Shifting Paradigms and the Politics of Aids in Zambia

Bibliographic Data

ID2728346
AuthorsEmily Frank (0000-0001-7159-5417, Indiana University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume52
Issue3
Pages33-53
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1353/arw.0.0319
OpenAlexW2062885922
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

This article explores how international discourses on AIDS prevention have been incorporated into national-level programs that promote particular lifestyle and livelihood strategies in Zambia, particularly within the realms of wife inheritance, widowhood, and marriage. In response, Zambian communities have recast these narratives to inform local political economies, identities, and struggles for power. Often community and national-level efforts work at odds with each other, as each seeks to legitimize various moralities and codes of behavior. At the local level actors choose the strategies that most effectively mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS and also enhance their overall well-being

Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Livelihood · Narrative · Odds · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sex work and related issues