Philip M Kayal

Bearing Witness

Gay Men's Health Crisis And The Politics Of Aids

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how one community-based initiative à â â Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York à â â overcame the obstacles of homophobia and fear of AIDS by organizing groups of volunteers who "bear witness" to the suffering of people with AIDS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780813317298
• ISBN-10: 0813317290
• Artikelnr.: 21258400

Autorenporträt

Kayal, Philip M

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE AIDS: The Issues
1 Getting Involved
2 The Sin Stigmaand Gay/AIDS Volunteerism
3 Morality" and AIDS Issues
4 Democratization and the Response to AIDS
PART TWO Ideology: Volunteerism and AIDS
5 Volunteerism, Conununity and Blaming the Victim
6 The Political Economy of Volunteerisin and AIDS Prevention/Education
7 Who Volunteers: Minority Volunteerism and GMHC
8 Gay Volunteerism Before amd After AIDS
9 Gay/AIDS Volunteerism: A Question of Altruism?
10 Volunteerism and Voluntary Associations
PART THREE The Significance of Gay/MDS Volunteerism
11 GMHC and the Community Interest: Institutionalization and Successful Volunteerism
12 GMHC as Organizational Success and Problem
13 Homophobia, Bearing Witness, and Empowerment
14 Gay/AIDS Volunteerism as Political Innovation
Epilogue: Toward the Future
Notes
Bibliography
About the Book and Author
Index.