In Changing Times Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS

Name: In Changing Times Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS
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ISBN: 9780226278568

ISBN-10: 0226278565

ISBN-13: 9780226278568

Edition: 1997

Authors: Martin P. Levine, Peter M. Nardi, John H. Gagnon

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been a major catastrophe for gay communities. In less than two decades, the disease has profoundly changed the lives of gay men and lesbians. Not just a biological and viral agent, HIV has become an opportunistic social invader, reshaping communities and the distribution of wealth, altering the social careers of gay professionals and the patterns of entry into gay and lesbian life, and giving birth to groups like ACT UP and Queer Nation. The distinguished contributors to this volume discuss the ways HIV/AIDS has changed collective and individual identities, as well as lives, of gay men and lesbians, and how these alterations have changed our perceptions of the…

Book details

List price: $106.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/18/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 321
Size: 0.87" wide x 0.98" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Preface



Introduction




Mobilizing around AIDS: Sites of Struggle in the Formation of AIDS Subjects




Censorship and Identity in the Age of AIDS




Friends, Lovers, and Families: The Impact of AIDS on Gay and Lesbian Relationships




Spiritual Emergencies and Psycho-Spiritual Treatment Strategies among Gay/Homosexual Latinos with HIV Disease




Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996




Owning an Epidemic: The Impact of AIDS on Small-City Lesbian and Gay Communities




From Feminism to Polymorphous Activism: Lesbians in AIDS Organizations




The HIV Epidemic and Public Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men




Latino Gay Men and Psycho-Cultural Barriers to AIDS Prevention




Intergenerational Relations and AIDs in the Formation of Gay Culture in the United States




AIDS-Related Risks and Same-Sex Behaviors among African American Men



Notes on Contributors


Index