Workable Sisterhood : The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Michele Tracy, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stigma (Social psychology)
Political participation.
Marginality, Social.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Sida > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Seropositives > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Femmes socialement defavorisees > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Stereotyping
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > United States.
Marginality, Social > United States.
Political participation > United States.
HIV-positive women > Political activity > United States.
Women with social disabilities > Political activity > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400826384

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