How to Make Sense of Lover Relationships: Kwanyama Culture and Reproductive Health
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How to Make Sense of Lover Relationships : Kwanyama Culture and Reproductive Health. / Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski.
Namibia Society Sociology. ed. / Winterfeldt Volker. Windhoek Namibia : University of Namibia, 2002. p. 347-359.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - How to Make Sense of Lover Relationships
T2 - Kwanyama Culture and Reproductive Health
AU - Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Within medical anthropology and social medicine, researchers have been attempting to understand why the knowledge that people possess about HIV/AIDS is often not applied to their sexual practices. The aim of this article is to identify factors that influence people to engage in unprotected sex in spite of a relatively high awareness of HIV/AIDS. Girlfriend-boyfriend relationships, henceforward referred to as lover relationships, will be examined closely in order to understand how their dynamics encourage women and men to engage in risky sexual behaviour. In reaching a better understanding of lover relationships, and women and men's different situations, the chapter will focus on the construction of gender identity among the Kwanyama people in Namibia. The construction of gender identity is thus utilised as the main analytical frame. Gender identities are shaped and altered in interaction with sociocultural factors. Therefore, the investigation into gender, relationship patterns and sexuality should be also entrenched within the study of the sociocultural realities within which people interpret and negotiate their lives and their sexuality (Ray 1996).
AB - Within medical anthropology and social medicine, researchers have been attempting to understand why the knowledge that people possess about HIV/AIDS is often not applied to their sexual practices. The aim of this article is to identify factors that influence people to engage in unprotected sex in spite of a relatively high awareness of HIV/AIDS. Girlfriend-boyfriend relationships, henceforward referred to as lover relationships, will be examined closely in order to understand how their dynamics encourage women and men to engage in risky sexual behaviour. In reaching a better understanding of lover relationships, and women and men's different situations, the chapter will focus on the construction of gender identity among the Kwanyama people in Namibia. The construction of gender identity is thus utilised as the main analytical frame. Gender identities are shaped and altered in interaction with sociocultural factors. Therefore, the investigation into gender, relationship patterns and sexuality should be also entrenched within the study of the sociocultural realities within which people interpret and negotiate their lives and their sexuality (Ray 1996).
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9991659412
SP - 347
EP - 359
BT - Namibia Society Sociology
A2 - Volker, Winterfeldt
PB - University of Namibia
CY - Windhoek Namibia
ER -
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