African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS: Communication Perspectives and Promises

by L. Fuller

Overview

This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403984050
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	11/17/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

LINDA K. FULLER (B.A., Skidmore College, M.A., American International College, Ph.D., U. Massachusetts), Professor of Communications, Worcester State College, is the author/ (co)editor of more than 20 books and 250+ professional publications and conference reports, including these with Palgrave Macmillan: Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2005) and Community Media:International Perspectives. The recipient of Fulbright awards to Singapore (1996) and Senegal (2002), she is currently a Senior Fellow at Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

Introduction Biomedical Vulnerabilities Socio-cultural Vulnerabilities Economic Vulnerabilities Legal and Political Vulnerabilities Educational Vulnerabilities Predictions and Plans

Editorial Reviews

"In African Women s Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS , African women are brought to the reader s attention in flesh and blood terms. This book, coming as it does from an experienced writer and a veteran researcher who has had first-hand contact with the African continent and its people imparts integrity and credibility. It is a useful addition to the literature on Women s studies, Gender studies, Sociology, HIV/AIDS studies, Media and Cultural studies, Communication Studies, and Interdisciplinary studies, and is also a compelling read for the general audience." - Foluke Ogunleye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University

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