The making of people living with HIV and AIDS : identities, illness and social organization in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This dissertation examines specific issues surrounding the experience of living with HIV and AIDS in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It focuses on the process of identity formation in relation to local forms of social organization within the context of the AIDS epidemic since the mid-i 980s. These processes...

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Main Author: Do Valle, Carlos Guilherme Octaviano
Published: University College London (University of London) 2000
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325913