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The unseen things : women, secrecy, and HIV in northern Nigeria / Kathryn A. Rhine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253021519
  • 0253021510
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unseen things.DDC classification:
  • 362.19697/92009669 23
LOC classification:
  • RC607.A26 R458 2016eb
NLM classification:
  • WC 503.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Things unseen -- First loves -- Twice married -- Dilemmas of disclosure -- Intimate ethics -- Hope -- Conclusion: Evidence and substance.
Summary: What do HIV-positive women in Nigeria face as they seek meaningful lives with a deeply discrediting disease? Kathryn A. Rhine uncovers the skillful ways women defuse concerns about their wellbeing and the ability to maintain their households. Rhine shows how this ethic of concealment involves masking their diagnosis, unfaithful husbands, and unsupportive families while displaying their beauty, generosity, and vitality. As Rhine observes, collusion with counselors and support group leaders to deflect stigma, secure respectability, and find love features prominently in the lives of ordinary women who hope for a brighter future as the HIV epidemic continues to expand.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Things unseen -- First loves -- Twice married -- Dilemmas of disclosure -- Intimate ethics -- Hope -- Conclusion: Evidence and substance.

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What do HIV-positive women in Nigeria face as they seek meaningful lives with a deeply discrediting disease? Kathryn A. Rhine uncovers the skillful ways women defuse concerns about their wellbeing and the ability to maintain their households. Rhine shows how this ethic of concealment involves masking their diagnosis, unfaithful husbands, and unsupportive families while displaying their beauty, generosity, and vitality. As Rhine observes, collusion with counselors and support group leaders to deflect stigma, secure respectability, and find love features prominently in the lives of ordinary women who hope for a brighter future as the HIV epidemic continues to expand.

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