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
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Politics of Intersectional Stigma for Women with HIV/AIDS; CHAPTER TWO: Women's Narrative Bio-Sketches; CHAPTER THREE: Capturing the Research Journey/Listening to Women's Lives; CHAPTER FOUR: Narratives of Injustice: Discovery of the HIV/AIDS Virus; CHAPTER FIVE: Life Reconstruction and the Development of Nontraditional Political Resources; CHAPTER SIX: Life Reconstruction and Gender; CHAPTER SEVEN: Making Workable Sisterhood Possible: The Multiple Expressions of Political Participation.
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: Looking to the Future: Struggle and Commitment for Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDSAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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