“When the skies fight”: HIV, violence and pathways of precarity in South Africa

Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in South Africa, this article explores the skies that fight, the proverbial lightning strikes that bring HIV into women ’s lives and bodies. Departing from earlier studies on ARV programmes in and beyond South Africa, and broadening out to explore the chronic struggle for life in a context of entrenched socio-economic inequality, this article presents findings on women’s embodiment of and strategic resistance to structural and interpersonal violence. These linked forms of violence are discussed in light of the concept of precarity.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: FEATURE Source Type: research