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AIDS rumors, imaginary enemies, and the body politic in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Kroeger Karen A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.2003.30.2.243
Subject(s) - body politic , indonesian , the imaginary , modernity , state (computer science) , sociology , power (physics) , politics , gender studies , history , psychology , political science , law , psychoanalysis , philosophy , linguistics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
Rumors about disease and illness draw on the rich symbolism of the body and are a way for social groups to express concerns about their relationships to the community and state. The Indonesian "AIDS Club" rumors are part of a corpus of contemporary legends about AIDS that have circulated globally. In their local form, however, they speak to particular concerns that urban Indonesians have about modernity and the power of the Indonesian state. [AIDS, rumors, Indonesia, New Order, disease and illness, violence, body politic, somatization]