AIDS, Intimacy and Care in Rural Kwazulu-Natal

In 2003-2006, Patricia Henderson lived in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal where she recorded the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS. In this illuminating study, she recounts the concerns of rural people and explores local repertoires through which illness was folded into everyday life. The book spans a period when antiretroviral medication was not available, and moves on to a time when the treatment became accessible. Hope gradually became manifest in the recovery of a number of people through antiretroviral therapies and 'the return' of bodies they could recognise as their own. This research implies that protracted interaction with people over time, offers insights into the unfolding textures of everyday life, in particular in its focus on suffering, social and structural inequality, illness, violence, mourning, sensibility, care and intimacy.

Patricia C. Henderson is a lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Introduction	p. 17
The Vertiginous Body and Social Metamorphosis	p. 41
The life and death of Nkosinathi Dladla	p. 44
Symbolic investments in the body	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 56
Mortality and the Ethics of Ethnographic Research	p. 59
In the presence of death	p. 59
Theoretical pathways	p. 64
Accompanying Mandla Shabalala in his illness	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 80
Children and Youth in Pursuit of Care	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
The variable riving circumstances of the children and youth of Amatikwe	p. 87
The pain of mobility	p. 95
Expressive genres	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 102
Healers Negotiating the Local and the Global	p. 105
Exploring healer narratives: Ntuthuko Hadebe	p. 108
Nonhlanhla Duma	p. 113
Ties between the living and the dead, a conduit of knowledge	p. 116
The politics of illness	p. 119
Conclusion	p. 125
Love in a Time of Adversity	p. 127
Part one	p. 129
Part two	p. 144
Conclusion	p. 150
On Accompanying the Ill	p. 153
Zinhle Vilikazi	p. 157
Life experience and philosophy in relation to becoming a volunteer	p. 162
Home-based carers as brokers	p. 167
The illegal sale of medication from a public health facility	p. 170
Beginning a journey with antketroviral therapies	p. 172
Conclusion	p. 176
Epilogue	p. 181
Appendix: Interlocutors and Research Methods	p. 187
Acronyms	p. 193
Glossary	p. 195
Notes	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 225
Index	p. 243
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