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Contradicting Maternity: HIV-positive motherhood in South Africa
Carol Long
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Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Drawing on rich and poignant interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, ""Contradicting Maternity"" provides a rare perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. Whereas motherhood is often assumed to be a secondary identity compared to the central figure of the child, this book reverses the focus, arguing that maternal experience is important in its own right. The book explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. This collision takes place at the interface of complex, and often split, social and personal meanings concerning ... Read more
Drawing on rich and poignant interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, ""Contradicting Maternity"" provides a rare perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. Whereas motherhood is often assumed to be a secondary identity compared to the central figure of the child, this book reverses the focus, arguing that maternal experience is important in its own right. The book explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. This collision takes place at the interface of complex, and often split, social and personal meanings concerning ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868144945
SKU
V9781868144945
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About Carol Long
Carol Long is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a practicing clinical psychologist.
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