HIV
Les représentations plurielles du corps sidéen
By: JACQUES J. ROZENBERG – This article tries to clarify the complex relationships between the biological reality of the HIV-positive bodies and the ensemble of social representations it causes and which, in turn, stigmatized it in a in a bundle of stigmas and discrimination justified as preventive. This way the HIV-positive body is inscribed within…
Towards a bio-psycho-cultural anthropology of AIDS
By: JACQUES J. ROZENBERG – This paper aims to outline a theoretical framework which could define the bio-psycho-social basis of the representations of the HIV sufferers, regarding the complex relationships between the biologic reality of HIV, its psychic and psychopathologic manifestations, as well as its social stigma. We wish to unify these different aspects for…