The Geography of Stigma and Discrimination : HIV and AIDS-Related Identities in Botswana

Geiselhart, Klaus

ISBN 10: 388156795X / ISBN 13: 9783881567954

Published by Verlag f. Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrücken, 2009

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Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 280 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Geography of Stigma and Discrimination : HIV and AIDS-Related Identities in Botswana
• Publisher: Verlag f. Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrücken
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 388156795X
• ISBN 13: 9783881567954
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
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Synopsis

How do social encounters conjure up stigma and discrimination? How do social identities emerge and how do people reject or integrate each other in local settings and social space? How do individuals affected build their self-identities and cope with the socially divisive effects of their stigma? The book provides an unconventional view on the subject matter. It is based on empirical fieldwork on the social effects of HIV and AIDS in Botswana. A broad review of geographical, sociological, psychological and social psychological literature, as well as the consideration of works of applied sciences helps to lift the empirical findings to a more general and theoretical level. Different lines of theory are disentangled and integrated into a concept of stigma and discrimination. With its standpoint of pragmatist epistemology and the special focus on the spatial character of social distances the book is of interest not only for social geographers. Both stigma and discrimination are socially highly relevant phenomena. They not only induce social segregation in such a manner that people are forced to subordinate themselves. Especially stigmatisation leads people to exclude themselves out of shame. People also refrain from seeking support from relevant services. It is therefore of elementary importance in many social fields (e.g. the public health sector, social work, etc.) to understand the processes of stigma and discrimination.