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Workable sisterhood : the political journey of stigmatized women with HIV/AIDS /
Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of color, already experiencing race, class, and gender oppression, are also labeled, judged, and given inferior treatment because of their status as drug |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400826384 1400826381 |