The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women: Perspectives on the Pandemic in the United States / Edition 1

by Nancy Goldstein, Jennifer L Manlowe

Overview

Women now account for the majority of all new HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in the United States. Yet, the resources allotted to women for research, health services, education, and outreach remain woefully inadequate. The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women fills crucial gaps in understanding the specific effects of HIV and AIDS on and in women's lives. It takes as its starting point the premise that it is vitally important for researchers, teachers, health service providers, public policy makers, and community-based organizers to begin taking gender— especially as it intersects with race, class, and sexuality— into consideration as they work with HIV-infected women.
The first comprehensive, interdisciplinary volume on this topic, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women goes beyond tokenism, with a contributor's list made up of approximately 45% people of color, including African Americans, Latinos/as, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans. The volume emphasizes marginalized populations such as the homeless, sexworkers, youth, the elderly, intravenous drug users, transgendered people, lesbians, bisexuals, incarcerated women, and victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
The contributors, including Evelyn Hammonds, Risa Denenberg, Michelle Murrain, and Paul Farmer, are recognized experts in their diverse fields. From their posts at the center of the pandemic—in the laboratory, the academy, clinics, and community based organizations—they criticize blind spots in the recognition and treatment of HIV in women and articulate accessible and practical solutions to specific areas of difficulty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814730935
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	06/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	470
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.16(d)

About the Author

Nancy Goldstein is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Connecticut College. She also directs individual and small-group tutorials for students in the Harvard University Women's Studies Program.

Jennifer L. Manlowe is Coordinator of the Brown University AIDS Program. She is the author of Faith Born of Seduction: Sexual Trauma, Body Image, and Religion, also available from NYU Press.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"It has long been a belief of the feminist academic community that personal voices and experiences must be validated and heard. This volume succeeds admirably in being true to that tradition."

-Canadia HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Newsletter

Editorial Reviews

"It has long been a belief of the feminist academic community that personal voices and experiences must be validated and heard. This volume succeeds admirably in being true to that tradition."

Canadia HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Newsletter

"It has long been a belief of the feminist academic community that personal voices and experiences must be validated and heard. This volume succeeds admirably in being true to that tradition."

-Canadia HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Newsletter

From the Publisher