| Description |
xii, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / John H. Gagnon -- Introduction / John H. Gagnon and Peter M. Nardi -- 1. Mobilizing around AIDS: Sites of Struggle in the Formation of AIDS Subjects / Barry D. Adam -- 2. Censorship and Identity in the Age of AIDS / Nan D. Hunter -- 3. Friends, Lovers, and Families: The Impact of AIDS on Gay and Lesbian Relationships / Peter M. Nardi -- 4. Spiritual Emergencies and Psycho-Spiritual Treatment Strategies among Gay/Homosexual Latinos with HIV Disease / Lourdes Arguelles and Anne Rivero -- 5. Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996 / Gayle S. Rubin -- 6. Owning an Epidemic: The Impact of AIDS on Small-City Lesbian and Gay Communities / Beth E. Schneider -- 7. From Feminism to Polymorphous Activism: Lesbians in AIDS Organizations / Nancy E. Stoller -- 8. The HIV Epidemic and Public Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men / Gregory M. Herek |
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9. Latino Gay Men and Psycho-Cultural Barriers to AIDS Prevention / Rafael Miguel Diaz -- 10. Intergenerational Relations and AIDs in the Formation of Gay Culture in the United States / Gilbert Herdt -- 11. AIDS-Related Risks and Same-Sex Behaviors among African American Men / John L. Peterson |
| Summary |
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 epidemic. They cover such topics as the impact of the epidemic on small towns, cultural barriers to AIDS prevention, gay youth and intergenerational relations, and the roles of lesbians in AIDS organizations. This collection provides compelling insights into the new communities among gay men and lesbians and the new kinds of identities and relationships that are emerging from the social and cultural ferment engendered by HIV/AIDS. -- from back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Gay men -- United States.
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Lesbians -- United States.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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Sociology.
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Homosexuality, Female.
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Homosexuality, Male.
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| Author |
Gagnon, John H.
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Levine, Martin P.
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Nardi, Peter M.
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| LC no. |
97003414 |
| ISBN |
0226278565 (alk. paper) |
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0226278573 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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