Description |
1 online resource (vii, 205 pages) |
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data file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1: Fear and morality. The 'homosexual cancer': AIDS = gay -- Innocent identities -- Part 2: (Mis)trust and medicine. Public health and AIDS activism -- Treatment action -- Part 3: Grief and activism. Rites of belonging: The AIDS Memorial Quilt -- Epilogue: Bug chasers and criminals. |
Summary |
"This book is about community activism around HIV/AIDS in Australia. It looks at the role that the gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the author argues that AIDS activism contributed to improving social attitudes towards gay men and lesbians in Australia, while also challenging some entrenched cultural patterns of the Australian medical system, allowing greater scope for non-medical intervention into the domain of health and illness. The book documents an important chapter in the history of public health in Australia and explores how HIV/AIDS came to be a defining issue in the history of gay and lesbian rights in Australia"--Publisher's description. |
Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Gay liberation movement -- Australia.
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Gay liberation movement. |
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Australia. |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- Australia.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects. |
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AIDS (Disease) |
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HIV infections -- Government policy -- Australia.
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HIV infections -- Government policy. |
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HIV infections. |
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Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- Australia.
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Homosexuality -- Political aspects. |
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Homosexuality. |
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Gay activists -- Australia.
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Gay activists. |
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AIDS activists -- Australia.
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AIDS activists. |
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Australia -- Social conditions -- 1976-
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1976- |
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Australia. |
Chronological Term |
Since 1976 |
Genre/Form |
Online-Publikation.
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Electronic books.
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Subject |
Homosexuality. |
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AIDS activists. |
Added Title |
Gay activism and HIV/AIDS in Australia |
Other Form: |
Print version: Power, Jennifer. Movement, knowledge, emotion. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2011 9781921862380 (OCoLC)743298072 |
ISBN |
9781921862397 (electronic book) |
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1921862394 (electronic book) |
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9781921862380 (print) |
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1921862386 (print) |
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