GGRB28H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4
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Chapter 4 the exotic and the mundane. Human immunodeficiency virus in the caribbean y training in anthropology had induced me to misdiagnose structural violence as cultural difference. y magic ritual provides a means for transfer of blood and secretions from person to person. Women have been known to introduce menstrual blood into the food and drink of their partners to prevent them from straying . Indeed the disease has spread beyond and neatly defined risk groups and now constitutes what epidemiologists call a generalized epidemic , in which infection is prevalent from mother to child. In chapter 2, i argued that models of disease emergence need to be dynamic, systematic, and critical, uncovering connections and patterns that are often obscured by conventional epidemiology and examining the role of social forces and inequalities. Such an approach is essential to understanding the emergences of aids in haiti and throughout the caribbean.
