Ensnared by AIDS. David K. Beine

      

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      Ensnared by AIDS

      Cultural Contexts of HIV and AIDS in Nepal

      Second edition

      David K. Beine

      SIL International®

      Dallas, Texas

      SIL International®

      Publications in Ethnography

      42

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      ISBN: 978-1-55671-381-1

      ISSN: 0-0895-9897

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      Contents

       Preface to the Second Edition

       Preface to the First Edition

       Background

       Format of the book

       Background and theoretical underpinnings

       The projects

       The findings

       In their own words

       Acknowledgements

       Abbreviations

       Part One : Background and Theoretical Underpinnings

       1 : Nepal

       1.1 A brief history of Nepal

       1.2 General cultural features

       1.3 Population demographics

       1.4 Economy

       1.5 Geography

       1.6 Education

       1.7 Medical systems

       1.8 Religion

       1.9 Conclusion

       2 : AIDS

       2.1 AIDS as biomedical fact

       2.1.1 The history of AIDS

       2.2 AIDS as social construction

       2.3 Chapter conclusion

       3 : AIDS in Nepal

       3.1 The epidemiological “facts”

       3.2 Nepali HIV and AIDS literature

       3.3 National HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention programs

       3.4 Emerging HIV and AIDS discourses and cultural models

       4 : Cultural Models, Schema Theory, and Cognitive Methodologies

       4.1 Cultural models—what are they?

       4.2 Schema theory

       4.3 Schemata—what are they?

       4.4 Cultural models of illness and HIV and AIDS

       4.5 The limitations of the cultural model concept

       4.6 Cognitive methodologies

       Part Two : The Projects

       5 : Saano Dumre Revisited: Changing Models of Illness and Cultural Models