Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Dean, Erin

Keywords

Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of AIDS, Structural Violence, Othering, South Carolina, HIV/AIDS in American South

Area of Concentration

Anthropology

Abstract

This thesis posits that stigma and othering, secured and fortified by structural violence, surround the community of people living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina. This thesis is largely based on ethnographic research carried out at an HIV/AIDS prevention and HIV/AIDS-related services center, which I call the Agency. The following chapters are a combination of data from the field site with historical research. A brief national and local historical account look into how the roles of stigma, othering, and structural violence played a role in reporting about HIV/AIDS and the care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Data from fieldwork explores how the Agency's prevention services faces the challenges of preventing HIV/AIDS in an environment of stigma, othering, and structural violence in South Carolina. Further fieldwork explores how stigma, othering, and structural violence affects interactions between case managers and other caretakers in AIDS-related services and PLWHA. Concluding thoughts explore the connections between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and stigma, othering, and structural violence internationally.

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