Fighting for our lives : New York's AIDS community and the politics of disease / Susan M. Chambré.

Author/creator Chambré, Susan Maizel
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
AIDS (Disease)--New York (State). --New York. --History.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects. --New York (State). --New York.
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects. --New York (State). --New York.
AIDS (Disease)--Patients. --Services for. --New York (State). --New York. --History.
Community health services--New York (State). --New York. --History.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--history. --New York (State). --New York.
Politics--New York (State). --New York.
Consumer Advocacy--New York (State). --New York.

SeriesCritical issues in health and medicine
Critical issues in health and medicine. ^A886083
Contents List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Uncertainty, stigma, and the creation of the AIDS community -- ch. 1. Managing the madness -- ch. 2. Fighting the victim label -- ch. 3. The invention of safe sex -- ch. 4. Fighting AIDS is everyone's business -- pt. 2. A changing epidemic -- ch. 5. The changing face of AIDS -- ch. 6. The "new Calcutta" -- pt. 3. Saving lives -- ch. 7. Our place at the table -- ch. 8. Finding a cure -- ch. 9. Clean needles save lives -- ch. 10. HIV stops with me -- ch. 11. The politics of disease -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005035909
ISBN0813538661 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN081353867X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813538662 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813538679 (pbk. : alk. paper)