| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 157 pages) |
| Contents |
Indian blood : two-spirit return in the face of colonial haunting -- Two-spirit cultural dissolution : HIV and healing among mixed-race American Indians -- Historical and intergenerational trauma and radical love -- Gender and racial discrimination against mixed-race American Indian two-spirits -- Mixed-race identity, cognitive dissonance, and public health -- Sexual violence and transformative ancestor spirits -- Stress coping in urban Indian kinship networks -- Two-spirit return : intergenerational healing and cultural leadership among mixed-race American Indians |
| Summary |
"The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ 'two-spirit' identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity. Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced. However, after contact--and religious conversion--attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured. This discrimination led to a breakdown in traditional values, beliefs, and practices, which in turn pushed many two-spirit members to participate in high-risk behaviors. The result is a disproportionate number of two-spirit members who currently test positive for HIV. Using surveys, focus groups, and community discussions to examine the experiences of HIV-positive members of San Francisco's two-spirit community, Indian Blood provides an innovative approach to understanding how colonization continues to affect American Indian communities and opens a series of crucial dialogues in the fields of Native American studies, public health, queer studies, and critical mixed-race studies"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Two-spirit people -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
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Indian gay people -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
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Racially mixed people -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
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Racially mixed people -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity
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HIV-positive gay men -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
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Public health -- California -- San Francisco
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Indians of North America -- Colonization -- Social aspects
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Psychic trauma -- Social aspects -- United States
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Intergenerational relations -- United States
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HIV Infections -- epidemiology
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Indians, North American
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Interpersonal Relations
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Sexual and Gender Minorities
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Social Conditions
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Social history.
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Racially mixed people -- Social conditions.
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Indians of North America.
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Ethnic relations.
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Indian gays -- Social conditions.
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Intergenerational relations.
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Psychic trauma -- Social aspects.
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Public health.
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| SUBJECT |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations
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California |
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San Francisco |
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California -- San Francisco.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021692742 |
| ISBN |
9780295998497 |
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0295998490 |
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