Folklore, Gender, and Aids in Malawi No Secret Under the Sun

Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique lens through which to discern popular formations of gender conflict and AIDS beliefs. This is the first book on AIDS and gender in Africa to draw primarily on

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10.1057/9781137322456 - Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi, Anika Wilson

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FOLKLORE, GENDER, AND AIDS IN MALAWI

GENDER AND CULTURAL STUDIES IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA Series Editor: Oyeronke Oyewumi, Stony Brook University

Adeleke Adeeko, Ohio State University N’Dri Assié-Lumumba, Cornell University Ayo Coly, Dartmouth College Carolyn Cooper, University of Western Indies, Mona Godwin Murunga, University of Nairobi Filomina SteADY, Wellesley College This book series spotlights the experiences of Africans on the continent and in its multiple and multilayered diasporas. Its objective is to make available publications that focus on people of African descent wherever they are located, targeting innovative research that derives questions, concepts, and theories from historical and contemporary experiences. The broad scope of the series includes gender scholarship as well as studies that engage with culture in all its complexities. From a variety of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary orientations, these studies engage current debates, address urgent questions, and open up new perspectives in African knowledge production. PUBLISHED BY PALGRAVE: Spatial Literacy: Contemporary Asante Women’s Place-making by Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi: No Secret Under the Sun by Anika Wilson

10.1057/9781137322456 - Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi, Anika Wilson

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10.1057/9781137322456 - Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi, Anika Wilson

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FOLKLORE, GENDER, AND AIDS IN MALAWI

FOLKLORE, GENDER, AND AIDS IN MALAWI Copyright © Anika Wilson, 2013.

First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–32244–9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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