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UNINA9910820514903321 |
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Autore |
Sobo Elisa Janine <1963-> |
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Choosing unsafe sex : AIDS-risk denial among disadvantaged women / / Elisa J. Sobo |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-21085-1 |
9786613210852 |
0-8122-0037-3 |
0-585-12731-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women with social disabilities - Sexual behavior - United States |
Sexual health - United States |
Unsafe sex - United States |
Safe sex in AIDS prevention - United States |
Sexual behavior surveys - United States |
AIDS (Disease) in women - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-226) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Women and AIDS in the United States -- Chapter 3. AIDS Education and the Perception of Risk -- Chapter 4. Seropositivity Self-Disclosure and Concealment -- Chapter 5. The Condom Use Project -- Chapter 6. Romance and Finance -- Chapter 7. The Psychosocial Benefits of Unsafe Sex -- Chapter 8. HIV Testing and Wishful Thinking -- Chapter 9. Self-Disclosure Self-Described -- Chapter 10. Circumventing Denial -- Appendix A: Interviewee Profiles -- Appendix B: Further Quantitative Findings -- References Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Choosing Unsafe Sex focuses on the ways in which condom refusal and beliefs regarding HIV testing reflect women's hopes for their relationships and their desires to preserve status and self-esteem. Many of the inner-city women who participated in Dr. Sobo's research were seriously involved with one man, and they had heavy emotional |
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