The boundaries of blackness : AIDS and the breakdown of Black politics / Cathy J. Cohen.
| Author/creator | Cohen, Cathy J., 1961- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999. |
| Description | xv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Boundaries of Black Politics -- Marginalization : Power, Identity, and Membership -- Enter AIDS : Context and Confrontation -- Invisible to the Centers for Disease Control -- All the Black People Fit to Print -- Conspiracies and Controversies -- Unsuspecting Women and the Dreaded Bisexual -- Willing to Serve, but Not to Lead -- Women, Children, and Funding -- AIDS and Beyond. |
| Abstract | Argues that the African American community, focused primarily on racial issues of concern to middle-class heterosexual males, ignored the AIDS crisis, in which other groups are most at risk. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-381) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cohen, Cathy J., 1961- Boundaries of Blackness. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999 022619051X |
| Genre/form | proceedings (reports) |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Genre/form | Actes de congr es. |
| LCCN | 98031088 |
| ISBN | 9780226112893 |
| ISBN | 0226112888 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226112886 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226112896 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |