AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

In 2003-2006, Patricia Henderson lived in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal where she recorded the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. In this illuminating study, she recounts the concerns of rural people and explores local repertoires through which illness was folded into everyday life.

Patricia C. Henderson is a lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.

Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction, 1 The Vertiginous Body and Social Metamorphosis, 2 Mortality and the Ethics of Ethnographic Research, 3 Children and Youth in Pursuit of Care, 4 Healers Negotiating the Local and the Global, 5 Love in a Time of Adversity, 6 On Accompanying the Ill, Epilogue, Appendix: Interlocutors and Research Methods, Acronyms, Glossary, Notes, Appendix: Interlocutors and Research Methods, Bibliography, Index