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Title: | HIV/AIDS, African Sexuality and the Problem of Representation in Zimbabwean Literature |
Author: | Vambe, Maurice T. |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Journal of Contemporary African Studies |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | September |
Pages: | 473-488 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | AIDS literature Health and Nutrition Literature, Mass Media and the Press Health, Nutrition, and Medicine |
External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0258900032000142473 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=MLPC7FRD2FAWLAMTJ0K7 |
Abstract: | HIV/AIDS poses a major threat to health care in Zimbabwe today. The magnitude of the problem points to cultural identities embedded in notions of African sexuality. The latter is shaped by cultural beliefs, values and notions of 'maleness' and 'femaleness', 'manhood' and 'womanhood', especially as determined within a colonial system that 'invents ideas of African customary law' which is predominantly patriarchal. This article examines the representation of the cultural context of the transmission of the HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwean literature. In particular, it analyses 'Waste not your tears' (1994) by Violet Kala, 'Jemedza' (2000) by Wiseman Magwa, 'Zviyedzo' (1998) by Daniel Matanganyidze, and 'Mapenzi' (1999) by Ignatius Mabasa. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |