Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS

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dc.contributor.advisorLevine, Susanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAbrams, Amberen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-10T13:28:48Z
dc.date.available2015-02-10T13:28:48Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 83-97).en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis considers the power of United States popular media to construct both conceptions of "Africa" and knowledge of HN / AIDS among exchange students in Cape Town, South Africa. Arguing that the reification of myths about Africa influenced respondents' arrival stories and initial experiences, I exhibit how being in South Africa produced very different associations, particularly with regard to intimate relationships. Drawing on theoretical work that looks at the tendency to imagine disease as a product of "foreign" or "other" people, and building on respondents' imaginary Africa, the conceptual linking of Africa to AIDS is highlighted in their discussions of expectations. The linking of HN / AIDS to Africa affects respondents decision to study in South Africa, as well as their initial interactions; highlighting the tendency of respondents to describe their motivation for studying in South Africa a result of a sense of "responsibility" they feel to "save" Africans from AIDS. Respondents' urge to "save" is in tension with their initial tendency to distance themselves from HIV / AIDS in Africa through an imaginary matrix of immunity exhibited through rhetorics of difference. Evolving from respondents' motivation to "save," a discussion of "moral tourism" and ''voluntouring'' is explored. The thesis argues that the combination of voluntary services and living in Cape Town has the ability to change perceptions that were previously used as explanation for high levels of contraction rates of HIV / AIDS on the African continent and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAbrams, A. (2008). <i>Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Aids and Society Research Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12404en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAbrams, Amber. <i>"Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Aids and Society Research Unit, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12404en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAbrams, A. 2008. Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Abrams, Amber AB - This thesis considers the power of United States popular media to construct both conceptions of "Africa" and knowledge of HN / AIDS among exchange students in Cape Town, South Africa. Arguing that the reification of myths about Africa influenced respondents' arrival stories and initial experiences, I exhibit how being in South Africa produced very different associations, particularly with regard to intimate relationships. Drawing on theoretical work that looks at the tendency to imagine disease as a product of "foreign" or "other" people, and building on respondents' imaginary Africa, the conceptual linking of Africa to AIDS is highlighted in their discussions of expectations. The linking of HN / AIDS to Africa affects respondents decision to study in South Africa, as well as their initial interactions; highlighting the tendency of respondents to describe their motivation for studying in South Africa a result of a sense of "responsibility" they feel to "save" Africans from AIDS. Respondents' urge to "save" is in tension with their initial tendency to distance themselves from HIV / AIDS in Africa through an imaginary matrix of immunity exhibited through rhetorics of difference. Evolving from respondents' motivation to "save," a discussion of "moral tourism" and ''voluntouring'' is explored. The thesis argues that the combination of voluntary services and living in Cape Town has the ability to change perceptions that were previously used as explanation for high levels of contraction rates of HIV / AIDS on the African continent and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS TI - Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12404 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12404
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAbrams A. Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Aids and Society Research Unit, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12404en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAids and Society Research Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDS & Societyen_ZA
dc.titlePerceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDSen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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