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"Blood tests with the eyes": negotiating conjugal relations during the HIV/AIDS crisis in rural Namibia
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Heinrich-Barth-Institut e.V.
Abstract Research from different parts of Africa indicates that to grasp the HIV/AIDS catastrophe, an in-depth understanding of conjugal relationships is crucial. In casual, short-term sexual interactions, safer sex practices, foremost condom use, have become more and more prevalent. This does not hold true ... view more
Research from different parts of Africa indicates that to grasp the HIV/AIDS catastrophe, an in-depth understanding of conjugal relationships is crucial. In casual, short-term sexual interactions, safer sex practices, foremost condom use, have become more and more prevalent. This does not hold true for long-term relationships. Marriage rates have substantially declined in many parts of southern Africa. Without marriage as a possible frame for conjugal relations meanings and practices of 'love' have become the structuring concept of conjugality. Love relations are perceived as based on trust. This contradicts the use of condoms, a visible sign of mistrust. Based on long-term ethnographic field research in rural northwest Namibia we analyse the interconnections between conjugal relations, perceptions of risk and practices of safe sex in detail.... view less
Keywords
gender relations; AIDS; sexuality; prevention; Africa; sex behavior; gender; marriage; cultural factors; woman; contraception; gender-specific factors; developing country; Namibia
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Method
qualitative empirical
Free Keywords
HIV; sexuality; fertility
Collection Title
Aridity, change and conflict in Africa : proceedings of an international ACACIA conference held at Königswinter, Germany, October 1-3, 2003
Editor
Bollig, Michael; Bubenzer, Olaf; Vogelsang, Ralf; Wotzka, Hans-Peter
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
City
Köln
Page/Pages
p. 411-439
Series
Colloquium Africanum, 2
ISBN
978-3-927688-33-9
Status
Postprint; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works