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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141804403321

Autore

Power Jennifer

Titolo

Movement, knowledge, emotion : gay activism and HIV/AIDS in Australia / / Jennifer Power

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-921862-38-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

306.7660994

Soggetti

AIDS activists - Australia

Gay liberation movement - Australia

AIDS (Disease) - Political aspects - Australia

HIV infections - Government policy - Australia

Homosexuality - Political aspects - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Fear and Morality; 1. The 'Homosexual Cancer': AIDS = gay; 2. Innocent Identities; Part Two: (Mis)trust and Medicine; 3. Public Health and AIDS Activism; 4. Treatment Action; Part Three: Grief and Activism; 5. Rites of Belonging: The AIDS Memorial Quilt; Epilogue: Bug Chasers and Criminals; Bibliography; Biographies of Interviewees; Index