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| Title: | The [in]visibility of HIV/AIDS in the Malawi public sphere |
| Author: | Lwanda, John |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Periodical: | African Journal of AIDS Research |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 113-126 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Malawi |
| Subjects: | public opinion popular beliefs AIDS popular music |
| External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16085906.2003.9626566 |
| Abstract: | This paper argues that, far from being invisible, issues of sexuality and HIV/AIDS are omnipresent in the African public sphere. However, this presence is not usually found in the medical nor overtly gender/sexual arenas but in general social contexts. Western-derived research models have sought and continue to seek to situate gender and sexual discourse in overt forms, especially when emphasizing public health aspects. Using qualitative and quantitative evidence from his PhD research on popular discourse (particularly popular music) in Malawi, and using some evidence from Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, the author argues that the perceived secrecy is allied to cultural, male/female and intra-female power relations. He finds that significant issues of sexual and medical concerns are 'hidden' in the easy to decode public social sphere. Using a historical model of the colonial and postcolonial construction of this dominant social public sphere in Malawi he demonstrates that key messages relating to sexuality and sexual behaviour can be easily found in social discourse, from where they can be exploited for health promotion purposes. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
