Fighting for our lives : New York's AIDS community and the politics of disease

Fighting for our lives : New York's AIDS community and the politics of disease / Susan M. Chambré.

Author/creator	Chambré, Susan Maizel
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Description	xii, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	AIDS (Disease)--New York (State) --New York --History. AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects --New York (State) --New York. AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects --New York (State) --New York. AIDS (Disease)--Patients --Services for --New York (State) --New York --History. Community health services--New York (State) --New York --History. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--history --New York (State) --New York. Politics--New York (State) --New York. Consumer Advocacy--New York (State) --New York.

Series	Critical issues in health and medicine Critical issues in health and medicine. ^A886083
Contents	List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Uncertainty, stigma, and the creation of the AIDS community -- ch. 1. Managing the madness -- ch. 2. Fighting the victim label -- ch. 3. The invention of safe sex -- ch. 4. Fighting AIDS is everyone's business -- pt. 2. A changing epidemic -- ch. 5. The changing face of AIDS -- ch. 6. The "new Calcutta" -- pt. 3. Saving lives -- ch. 7. Our place at the table -- ch. 8. Finding a cure -- ch. 9. Clean needles save lives -- ch. 10. HIV stops with me -- ch. 11. The politics of disease -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2005035909
ISBN	0813538661 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	081353867X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780813538662 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780813538679 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WC 503 C447F 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold