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• Winner of African Studies Association Ogot Award Finalist 2014.

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Author:   Nadine Beckmann (Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Roehampton) ,  Alessandro Gusman (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Turin) ,  Catrine Shroff (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   Vol. 194
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.766kg
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9780197265680

ISBN 10:   0197265685
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: NADINE BECKMANN, CATRINE CHRISTIANSEN, ALESSANDRO GUSMAN AND RIJK VAN DIJK: Strings Attached: AIDS and the rise of transnational connections in AfricaPart 1: Transnational Relations and Conservative Agendas2: CHRISTINE OBBO: Sponsored Sexuality, AIDS and Tough Choices3: BROOKE GRUNDFEST SCHOEPF: Hands across the Sea: Religion, politics, gender and sex, in the US and Africa4: IJEOMA AJIBADE: From an Activist's Point of View: Experiencing transnational dynamics among African migrant communities in the UK5: JOANNA SADGROVE: Global Moralities, Local Responses: Interpreting sexual morality and social belonging in UgandaPart 2: Transnational Power and Local Agency6: AMY PATTERSON: Transnational Religious Networks Encounter Community Realities: HIV prevention in Zambia7: LOUISE MUBANDA RASMUSSEN: Condoms, Pills and Professional Identity: The transnational ART Scale-up Project and Catholic HIV/AIDS counsellors in Uganda8: BRENDA BARTELINK AND ERIK MEINEMA: Contested Sexualities and Shared Concerns: Power dynamics in a transnational network of faith-based organisations9: ISAK NIEHAUS: 'I don't want to hear': HIV, AIDS and the power of words in Bushbuckridge, South AfricaPart 3: Transnational Ideas and Local Discourses about Sexuality10: ANAÏS BERTRAND-DANSEREAU: 'If you cannot control yourself': Christian leaders as HIV preventers in Malawi11: JONAS SVENSSON: Let's talk about sex: Islam and sexuality in positive Muslims' 'Theology of compassion'12: ASTRID BOCHOW: The Choice of Health: Christian family planning among cosmopolitan educated professionals in times of HIV/AIDS in BotswanaPart 4: Transnational Identities and Homosexuality13: LINDSAY EHRISMAN: 'Decadent Imports', 'Vile Abominations': (Under)developing discourses on male- male sex and the missionary position in Buganda, 1875-191014: ALEXANDRA MÜLLER: A Backlash of the Hegemony of Human Rights Discourse and Transnational Moralities: The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill15: JACK UME TOCCO: The Mode of Transmission that Dare not Speak its Name: Islam, AIDS and the public secret of homosexuality in Northern NigeriaEpilogue16: RIJK VAN DIJK: Strings, Strains and Strides of Transnational Competence: Complex ambiguities

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Edited by Nadine Beckmann, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Roehampton, Alessandro Gusman, Research Fellow, University of Turin, and Catrine Schroff, Research Fellow, Centre of African Studies, University of CopenhagenContributors: Nadine BeckmannCatrine ChristiansenAlessandro Gusman Rijk van DijkChristine ObboBrooke Grundfest SchoepfIjeoma Ajibade Joanna SadgroveAmy Patterson Louise Mubanda Rasmussen Brenda BartelinkErik MeinemaIsak NiehausAnaïs Bertrand-DansereauJonas SvenssonAstrid BochowLindsay EhrismanAlexandra MüllerJack Ume Tocco

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