Bleak prospects : young men , sexuality and HIV/AIDS in an Ethiopian town

Thesis

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Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Summary

Samenvatting

Part I: Background

1 Introduction: Sexual polemics

2 Dessie and Ethiopia: Romanticism and poverty

Part II: Love and sexuality

3 The Scarcity of love and money: A rhetoric of complaint

4 Sexuality, marriage, and religion: Moralistic views and double standards

5 'Normal' and 'abnormal': Sexual practices

Part III: HIV/AIDS

6 'Fire and shoes': Surviving in a world with HIV/AIDS and condoms

7 'We are overwhelmed by worry': HIV/AIDS and other plights

8 'Boring': Perceptions of HIV/AIDS interventions

9 Conclusion: Bleak prospects

Glossary of local terms¹²⁷

Acronyms

Appendix A: Questionnaire

Appendix B: Selected survey results¹²⁹

Appendix C: Map of the study Area

Appendix D: List of Photgraphs

References

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