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Book SynopsisTells the story of a unique Zulu gospel choir comprised of people living with HIV in South Africa, and how they maintained healthy, productive lives amid globalized inequality, international aid, and the stigma that often comes with having HIV.
Trade ReviewThis ethnographically rich volume explores the remarkable case of a South African Zulu choir in Durban consisting of HIV sufferers who, as activists, negotiate social stigma and medical organizations through song, faith, comradeship and traditional language. Black’s concepts of ‘bio-speech community’ and medical-semiotic ‘transposition’ provide an innovative theoretical framework.
— David Parkin, author of Anthropology Situated in the Contemporary World
In a bold move that crosses analytic divides between medical anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and ethnomusicology, Steven Black explores connections between HIV/AIDS, medicine, music, faith and activism in South Africa. The analytic scope of
Speech and Song at the Margins of Global Health is matched by its inspiring ethnographic depth.
— Charles Briggs, co-author of Making Health Public
Table of Contents1. Introduction
2. Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork Amid Globalized Inequities and Stigma
3. The Embodied Reflexivity of a Bio-Speech Community
4. The Power of Global Health Audiences
5. HIV Transposition Amid the Multiple Explanatory Models of Science, Faith, and Tradition
6. The Linguistic Anthropology of Stigma
7. Performance and the Transposition of Global Health Ethics of Disclosure
8. Conclusion
9. Acknowledgements
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