Dorothy Nelkin / P. Willis / V. Parris (eds.)

A Disease of Society

Cultural and Institutional Responses to AIDS
Herausgeber: Nelkin, Dorothy; Willis, David P.; Parris, Scott V.

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Produktbeschreibung

The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a 'disease of society', which is challenging and changing society profoundly. Numerous books on AIDS have looked at the ways in which our social institutions, norms and values have determined how the disease has been dealt with, but this book examines the ways in which AIDS is, in turn, changing our social institutions, norms and values. It explores the impact of AIDS on the arts and popular entertainment, on our concept of family, on government and legal institutions and on the health services, and the ways in which AIDS is forcing society to come to terms with longstanding tensions between community values and individual rights.

Table of contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction Dorothy Nelkin, David P. Willis and Scott V. Parris; Part I. Cultural Images Richard Goldstein: Part II. Systems of Socialization and Control Carol Levine, Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Victor W. Sidel, Harold Edgar and David J. Rothman: Part III. Systems of Caring Renée C. Fox, Linda H. Aiken, Carla M. Messikomer, Charles L. Bosk, Joel E. Frader and Suzanne C. Ouellette Kobasa: Part IV. Rights and Reciprocities Ronald Bayer, Thomas H. Murray, Thomas B. Stoddard and Walter Rieman: Notes on contributors; Index.

The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a 'disease of society', which is challenging and changing society profoundly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780521407434
• ISBN-10: 0521407435
• Artikelnr.: 22165170

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Introduction: a disease of society: cultural and
institutional responses to AIDS Dorothy Nelkin, David P. Willis and Scott
V. Parris; Part I. Cultural Images: 1. The implicated and the immune:
responses to AIDS in the arts and popular culture Richard Goldstein; Part
II. Systems of Socialization and Control: 2. AIDS and changing concepts of
family Carol Levine; 3. AIDS and the prison system Nancy Neveloff Dubler
and Victor W. Sidel; 4. New rules for new drugs: the challenge of AIDS to
the regulatory process Harold Edgar and David J. Rothman: Part III. Systems
of Caring: 5. The culture of caring: AIDS and the nursing profession Renée
C. Fox, Linda H. Aiken and Carla M. Messikomer; 6. AIDS and its impact on
medical work: the culture and politics of the shop floor Charles L. Bosk
and Joel E. Frader; 7. AIDS volunteering: links to the past and future
prospects Suzanne C. Ouellette Kobasa; Part IV. Rights and Reciprocities:
8. AIDS and the future of reproductive freedom Ronald Bayer; 9. The
poisoned gift: AIDS and blood Thomas H. Murray; 10. AIDS and the rights of
the individual: toward a more sophisticated understanding of discrimination
Thomas B. Stoddard and Walter Rieman; Notes on contributors; Index.