Steven Robins
From “Rights” to “Ritual”: AIDS Activism in South Africa
Stellenbosch University
article investigate moral politics hivaids activism south africa contributing toward new forms citizenship concerned rightsbased struggles creating collectively shared meanings extreme experiences illness stigmatization individual hivaids sufferers argue precisely extremity near death experiences fullblown aids profound stigma social death associated later stages disease produce conditions hivaids survivors commitment new life social activism activist mediation retelling traumatic experiences facilitates hivaids activist commitment grassroots mobilization also profound negativity stigma social death animates activists construction new positive hivpositive identity understanding means citizenactivist member social movement