Sex, Disease, and Society A Comparative History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

Subjects:

• Health/Medicine » AIDS
• Psychology » Human Sexuality
• Health/Medicine » Health/Medicine (General)
• Health/Medicine » AIDS

Reviews:

• The book makes acknowledgeable contribution to the comaprative history of STDs. It fills a hole for Asia and the Pacific in the literature. But even more important....is the specific contribution it makes to AIDS.
  —Journal of Third World Studies
• The idea behind this series is a worthy one as many people in many societies regard STDs, along with the sexual activities of which they are part, as taboo topics....[T]his book, and the others to follow in the series, should be welcomed as a step towards constructing of a bridge between the different cultures of the world and understanding how the relationship between health and healing can be conceptualized.
  —The Journal of Asian Studies
• [R]eminds us that sexually transmitted diseases imposed on mankind a terrible burden of suffering, disfigurement, disability, and death long before the appearance of HIV/AIDS.... Whether one's interest in disease in general, or sexually-transmitted disease in particular, or in AIDS, or even just in history or demographic history, or colonial history, this collection will be found both timely and useful.
  —Population Studies - A Journal of Demography

• Endorsement From Adrian Mindel, Professor of Sexual Health Medicine
  University of Sydney and University of New South Wales
  Sydney, NSW: A great deal has been written about the history of STD's and HIV/AIDS in Europe and North America, but information about these infections in Asia and the Pacific is lacking. For the first time, this book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the subject in a range of diverse countries and cultures.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction by Milton Lewis and Scott Bamber
• Sex, State, and Society: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Modern India by David Arnold
• Dangerous Liaisons: A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Thailand by Scott Bamber, Kevin Hewison, and Peter Underwood
• A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in China by Frank Dikötter
• Conspiracy of Silence: A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong by Kerrie L. Macpherson
• A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in the Philippines by Ken DeBevoise
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Vietnam and Cambodia since the French Colonial Period by Annick Guénel
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Malaysia: A History by Brendan O'Keefe
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Singapore by Brenda S. A. Yeoh
• A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Indonesian Archipelago since 1811 by A. Van Der Sterren, A. Murray, and T. Hull
• A History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Papua New Guinea by Jenny Hughes
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Australia from the Late Eighteenth to the Late Twentieth Century by Milton Lewis
• Bibliography
• Index