| Description |
xiii, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men -- Ch. 1. The Birth of AIDS -- Ch. 2. Gay Sexual Ecology --Ch. 3. The Synergy of Plagues -- Ch. 4. The Birth of the Condom Code -- Ch. 5. The "Second Wave" -- Ch. 6. Surfing the Second Wave -- Ch. 7. The Ecology of "Heterosexual AIDS" -- Ch. 8. Holistic Prevention --Ch. 9. Imagining a Sustainable Culture -- Ch. 10. Building Incentives into Gay Culture -- Ch. 11. The Stakes |
| Summary |
Rotello, an award-winning journalist and long-time AIDS activist, has done in this book something no writer has done before |
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Weaving together the strands of ecology theory, epidemiology, and sexual politics, he shows how the AIDS epidemic, like other epidemics from influenza and bubonic plague to today's rapidly emerging viruses - result as much from human behaviors as from specific microbes. He argues convincingly that AIDS was probably an old and rare disease syndrome in humans that erupted into an epidemic only when cultural changes - including the gay male sexual revolution of the seventies - created ideal conditions for its evolution and spread |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-310) and index |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p.306-310 |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease)
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Gay men -- Health and hygiene.
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| LC no. |
96049706 |
| ISBN |
0525941649 (alk. paper) |
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