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9781566392693

Women Resisting AIDS : Feminist Strategies of Empowerment

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    9781566392693

  • ISBN10:

    1566392691

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-01-27
  • Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

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Author Biography

Beth E. Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the co-editor of The Social Context of AIDS.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Introduction: Feminist Strategies of Empowermentp. 1
Women Confront the Problem of AIDSp. 21
AIDS in the 1990s: Individual and Collective Responsibilityp. 23
Complications of Gender: Women, AIDS, and the Lawp. 32
African-American Women at Risk: Notes on the Sociocultural Context of HIV Infectionp. 57
Social Control, Civil Liberties, and Women's Sexualityp. 74
Women and the Problems of HIV Preventionp. 97
Sex Workers Fight Against AIDS: An International Perspectivep. 99
Women in Families with Hemophilia and HIV: Improving Communication About Sensitive Issuesp. 124
AIDS Prevention, Minority Women, and Gender Assertivenessp. 139
Transferability of American AIDS Prevention Models to South African Youthp. 162
Constructing the Outreach Moment: Street Interventions to Women at Riskp. 170
Women Organize AIDS Care and Foster Social Changep. 193
Call Us Survivors! Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD)p. 195
CAL-PEP: The Struggle to Survivep. 208
Lesbian Denial and Lesbian Leadership in the AIDS Epidemic: Bravery and Fear in the Construction of a Lesbian Geography of Riskp. 219
Some Comments on the Beginnings of AIDS Outreach to Women Drug Users in San Franciscop. 231
Action-Research and Empowerment in Africap. 246
Lesbian Involvement in the AIDS Epidemic: Changing Roles and Generational Differencesp. 270
The Role of Nurses in the HIV Epidemicp. 286
Problems and Policies for Women in the Futurep. 299
Challenges and Possibilities: Women, HIV, and the Health Care System in the 1990sp. 301
AIDS, Ethics, Reproductive Rights: No Easy Answersp. 322
How AIDS Changes Development Prioritiesp. 335
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