What's in a condom? - HIV and sexual politics in Japan
Utilizing a range of ethnographic data from anAIDS hotline, a women's shelter, a night club,AIDS campaigns, news articles, and interviewswith health bureaucrats, this paper exploresthe history of AIDS in Japan and the ways inwhich official practices reproduce systems ofdomination. This paper examines the officialcategories of ``foreign woman'' and``prostitution'' as discursive strategies ofcontainment, and argues that nationalistdiscourses and representations of sexuality areclosely linked in maintaining relations ofpower.
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Subjects: | Conducta sexual, Condones, Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida, Política sexual, Educación sexual, Salud reproductiva, Trabajadoras sexuales, Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana, Enfermedades de transmisión sexual, |
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Summary: | Utilizing a range of ethnographic data from anAIDS hotline, a women's shelter, a night club,AIDS campaigns, news articles, and interviewswith health bureaucrats, this paper exploresthe history of AIDS in Japan and the ways inwhich official practices reproduce systems ofdomination. This paper examines the officialcategories of ``foreign woman'' and``prostitution'' as discursive strategies ofcontainment, and argues that nationalistdiscourses and representations of sexuality areclosely linked in maintaining relations ofpower. |
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