Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma

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dc.contributor.advisorGibson, Kerryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRohleder, Poul Andrewen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:21:20Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:21:20Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionWord processed copy.|Includes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to begin to explore how women experience and deal with AIDS stigma under conditions where they have little support. In-depth, narrative interviews were conducted with ten HIV -positive women, living in a poor, black township in Cape Town. The study used both Social Constructionist and Psychoanalytic theory to understand the impact that their """"spoiled identity"""" had on the emotional lives of these women. The study elicited women's narratives as they talked about the circumstances surrounding their diagnosis, their subsequent interaction with their family and community, and their experiences of living with a spoiled identity. The analysis suggested that the women drew on negative social discourses around HIV, which were then internalized, to become part of the self. However, the narratives also indicated the women's resistance to their stigmatised identity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRohleder, P. A. (2004). <i>Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8001en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRohleder, Poul Andrew. <i>"Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8001en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRohleder, P. 2004. Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rohleder, Poul Andrew AB - The purpose of this study is to begin to explore how women experience and deal with AIDS stigma under conditions where they have little support. In-depth, narrative interviews were conducted with ten HIV -positive women, living in a poor, black township in Cape Town. The study used both Social Constructionist and Psychoanalytic theory to understand the impact that their """"spoiled identity"""" had on the emotional lives of these women. The study elicited women's narratives as they talked about the circumstances surrounding their diagnosis, their subsequent interaction with their family and community, and their experiences of living with a spoiled identity. The analysis suggested that the women drew on negative social discourses around HIV, which were then internalized, to become part of the self. However, the narratives also indicated the women's resistance to their stigmatised identity. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma TI - Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8001 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8001
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRohleder PA. Living with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigma. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8001en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleLiving with a spoiled identity : HIV positive women talk of stigmaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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