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Dutiful daughters: HIV/AIDS, moral pragmatics, female citizenship and structural violence among Devadasis in northern Karnataka, India.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Aug2018, Vol. 13 Issue 8, p1065-1080, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Decades of research have documented how sex workers worldwide, particularly female sex workers (FSWs), shoulder a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. In India, although a substantial progress has been made in controlling the epidemic, its prevalence among FSWs and the Devadasis (also called traditional sex workers) in northern Karnataka is still significantly high. On the other hand, much of the HIV prevention research has focused on their mapping and size estimation, typologies, bio-behavioural surveillance, condom use and other prevention technologies. In this article, drawing on critical theoretical perspectives, secondary historical sources and in-depth interviews, we unravel wider social, cultural and political economic complexities surrounding the lives of Devadasis, and specifically illuminate the moral pragmatics that shed light on their entry into sex trade and vulnerability to HIV. Findings from this research are extremely important since while much is known about Devadasis in social sciences and humanities, relatively little is known about the complexities of their lives within public health discourses related to HIV. Our work has direct implications for ongoing HIV prevention and health promotion efforts in the region and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HIV prevention
HIV infection risk factors
HIV infection epidemiology
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CONCEPTUAL structures
SEX work
GROUP identity
HEALTH promotion
INTERVIEWING
MEDICAL care costs
RELIGION
RITES & ceremonies
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
ADOLESCENCE
ETHICS
ECONOMICS
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130076613
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2017.1280070