Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-331) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The water refugees -- The remembered valley -- The Alexis advantage: the retaking of Kay -- The struggle for health -- 1986 and after: narrative truth and political change -- Manno -- Anita -- Dieudonne -- "A place ravaged by AIDS" -- A chronology of the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Haiti -- HIV in Haiti: the dimensions of the problem -- Haiti and the "accepted risk factors" -- AIDS in the Caribbean: the "West Atlantic pandemic -- "Many masters: the European domination of Haiti -- The nineteenth century: one hundred years of solitude? -- The United States and the people with history -- AIDS and sorcery : accusation in the village -- AIDS and racism: accusation in the center -- AIDS and empire: accusation in the periphery -- Blame, cause, etiology, and accusation -- Conclusion: AIDS and an anthropology of suffering.
Series:
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; 33
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