Workable Sisterhood The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS

Name: Workable Sisterhood The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS
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ISBN: 9780691127705

ISBN-10: 0691127700

ISBN-13: 9780691127705

Edition: 2004

Authors: Michele Tracy Berger

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Berger traces the paths of 16 highly stigmatized women from isolated, apolitical lives to roles as HIV advocates and activists. Understanding their experiences is critically important in containing the spread of HIV/AIDS and evaluating the complex phenomena of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the US.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Politics of Intersectional Stigma for Women with HIV/AIDS


An Overview of the Story


The New "Face" of HIV/AIDS


Women's Community Work: Broadening the Definition of What Constitutes Politics


Intersectionality


Stigma and Marginality


Intersectional Stigma


Coming Out of the Shadows: Stigmatized Women and Politics



Women's Narrative Bio-Sketches


Advocates


Activists


Helpers


Life Lessons



Capturing the Research Journey/Listening to Women's Lives



Finding the Women



Why Did She Say That? Creating and Analyzing Oral Narratives


Limitations of the Study



Narratives of Injustice: Discovery of the HIV/AIDS Virus


Narratives of Injustice


Consequences of the Discovery of the HIV/AIDS Virus


Intersectional Stigma as a Contributing Factor



Life Reconstruction and the Development of Nontraditional Political Resources


What Is Life Reconstruction?


The Role of Resources


External Resources



Life Reconstruction and Gender


Aspects of Respondents' Gender Identity before HIV/AIDS and Life Reconstruction


Redirecting HIV-Stigma Related to Sex Work


Sexual Self-(Re)Education and Empowerment


Development of a Public Voice: What It Means to Be a Woman with HIV


Consequences of Not Developing a Public Voice



Making Workable Sisterhood Possible: The Multiple Expressions of Political Participation


The Women's Distrust of Conventional Politics


Blended and Overlapping Roles


Narrative Features of Participation



Looking to the Future: Struggle and Commitment for Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS


Collective Stories


Policy, Prevention, and Treatment Implications


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index