Bearing Witness: Gay Men's Health Crisis And The Politics Of Aids

by Kayal,Philip M

• ISBN13: 9780813317298
• ISBN10: 0813317290
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-05-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The untold story in the AIDS crisis is that of the mobilization of the gay community. Bearing Witness is a compelling study of how a community-based initiative--Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York--neutralized the immobilizing power of homophobia and fear of AIDS. From his unique perspective as both a sociologist and volunteer at Gay Men's Health Crisis, Philip Kayal illuminates the social and political meanings of volunteerism by showing how gay/AIDS volunteerism is radical political and religious work.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. ix
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
Aids: The Issues	p. 11
Getting Involved	p. 13
The Sin Stigma and Gay/AIDS Volunteerism	p. 23
"Morality" and AIDS Issues	p. 35
Democratization and the Response to AIDS	p. 51
Ideology: Volunteerism and AIDS	p. 69
Volunteerism, Community, and Blaming the Victim	p. 71
The Political Economy of Volunteerism and AIDS Prevention/Education	p. 83
Who Volunteers: Minority Volunteerism and GMHC	p. 99
Gay Volunteerism Before and After AIDS	p. 113
Gay/AIDS Volunteerism: A Question of Altruism?	p. 129
Volunteerism and Voluntary Associations	p. 149
The Significance of Gay/AIDS Volunteerism	p. 163
GMHC and the Community Interest: Institutionalization and Successful Volunteerism	p. 165
GMHC as Organizational Succcss and Problem	p. 181
Homopbobia, Bearing Witness, and Empowerment	p. 197
Gay/AIDS Volunteerism as Political Innovation	p. 211
Epilogue: Toward the Future	p. 227
Notes	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 245
About the Book and Author	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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