Love, Money, and HIV: Becoming a Modern African Woman in the Age of AIDSHow do modern women in developing countries experience sexuality and love? Drawing on a rich array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, Sanyu A. Mojola examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African men, navigate their relationships, schooling, employment, and finances in the context of economic inequality and a devastating HIV epidemic. Writing from a unique outsider-insider perspective, Mojola argues that the entanglement of love, money, and the transformation of girls into Òconsuming womenÓ lies at the heart of womenÕs coming-of-age and health crises. At once engaging and compassionate, this text is an incisive analysis of gender, sexuality, and health in Africa. |
Contents
Consuming Women Modernity and HIV Risk | 32 |
Historical and Cultural Context | 51 |
Love Money and HIV Prevention | 78 |
School and the Production of Consuming Women | 112 |
Gendered Economies and the Role of Ecology | 150 |
To Stem HIV in Africa Prevent Transmission | 183 |
Appendix | 203 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Acknowledgments | 263 |
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