Killed by Aids and buried by religion : African female bodies in crisis
The face of Aids is conspicuous in poverty-ridden continents such as Africa. Patriarchally-oriented contexts only perpetuate the spread of HIV with dire consequences for African female bodies. The sacred texts of various religious traditions and their interpretations, have not provided a solution to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 486-499 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The face of Aids is conspicuous in poverty-ridden continents such as Africa. Patriarchally-oriented contexts only perpetuate the spread of HIV with dire consequences for African female bodies. The sacred texts of various religious traditions and their interpretations, have not provided a solution to the problem either. In fact, they have become part of the problem. It is argued that while Aids is mostly killing African female bodies, religion is burying them! This article seeks to show the crisis of African female bodies trapped between HIV/Aids and religious texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85799 |
