Languages of Sex and AIDS in Nepal: Notes on the Social Production of Commensurability

Pigg examines the communicative difficulties that arise as a template of internationally established knowledge acquires a local life through the efforts of Nepali AIDS workers to bend it, mold it or force it to accommodate the contours of the Nepali social ground. A closer look at language choices i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cultural anthropology 2001-11, Vol.16 (4), p.481-541
1. Verfasser:	Pigg, Stacy Leigh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - economics Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - ethnology Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - history Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - psychology AIDS AIDS education Anthropology Anthropology, Cultural - education Anthropology, Cultural - history Attitude to Health - ethnology Communication Communication aids Community-Institutional Relations - economics Community-Institutional Relations - legislation & jurisprudence Cultural anthropology Cultural Characteristics Cultural Evolution Culture Developing countries Education - economics Education - history Education - legislation & jurisprudence Epidemiology History of medicine History, 20th Century HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Indic languages International Agencies - economics International Agencies - history International Agencies - legislation & jurisprudence Language Local knowledge Medicine Nepal Nepal - ethnology Public health Sex education Sex Education - economics Sex Education - history Sex Education - legislation & jurisprudence Sexual Behavior - ethnology Sexual Behavior - history Sexual Behavior - physiology Sexual Behavior - psychology Sexually transmitted diseases South Asian culture Volunteers - education Volunteers - history Volunteers - legislation & jurisprudence Volunteers - psychology Words
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Zusammenfassung:	Pigg examines the communicative difficulties that arise as a template of internationally established knowledge acquires a local life through the efforts of Nepali AIDS workers to bend it, mold it or force it to accommodate the contours of the Nepali social ground. A closer look at language choices in actual communication about AIDS and sex shows that internationally established truths about AIDS and sex do not convert into local languages as readily as the referential concept of language presumes.
ISSN:	0886-7356 1548-1360
DOI:	10.1525/can.2001.16.4.481