LEADER 03890nam 22006614 450 001 9910786604203321 005 20140819100830.0 010 $a0-8223-1638-2 010 $a0-8223-7923-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822379232 035 $a(CKB)3710000000213978 035 $a(OCoLC)891395362 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10906271 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001062835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11587421 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11033731 035 $a(PQKB)10294240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007956 035 $a887747479 035 $a(OCoLC)886540175 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse80180 035 $a(DE-B1597)554349 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822379232 035 $a(OCoLC)1058163156 035 $a(PPN)242132731 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000213978 100 $a20140818d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the shadow of the epidemic $ebeing HIV-negative in the age of AIDS /$fWalt Odets 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 1 $aSeries Q 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-04744-8 311 $a0-8223-1626-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [281]-300) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Word about the Writer and the Reader -- $t1 Why We Need a Book about Being HIV-Negative -- $t2 The Psychological Epidemic -- $t3 Survivor Guilt and Related Family Matters -- $t4 Life in the Shadow: Loss and Mourning -- $t5 Being Outsiders: The "HIV-Negative" Identity -- $t6 Being Alone -- $t7 Being Together: The Relations of Positives and Negatives -- $t8 Being Sexual: The Politics and Humanity of Gay Sex in the Epidemic -- $t9 Being Here: Other Kinds of Survival -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aFor gay men who are HIV-negative in a community devastated by AIDS, survival may be a matter of grief, guilt, anxiety, and isolation. In the Shadow of the Epidemic is a passionate and intimate look at the emotional and psychological impact of AIDS on the lives of the survivors of the epidemic, those who must face on a regular basis the death of friends and, in some cases, the decimation of their communities. Drawing upon his own experience as a clinical psychologist and a decade-long involvement with AIDS/HIV issues, Walt Odets explores the largely unrecognized matters of denial, depression, and identity that mark the experience of uninfected gay men.Odets calls attention to the dire need to address issues that are affecting HIV-negative individuals?from concerns about sexuality and relations with those who are HIV-positive to universal questions about the nature and meaning of survival in the midst of disease. He argues that such action, while explicitly not directing attention away from the needs of those with AIDS, is essential to the human and biological well-being of gay communities. In the immensely powerful firsthand words of gay men living in a semiprivate holocaust, the need for a broader, compassionate approach to all of the AIDS epidemic?s victims becomes clear. In the Shadow of the Epidemic is a pathbreaking first step toward meeting that need. 410 0$aSeries Q. 606 $aGay men$xMental health 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xPsychological aspects 606 $aAIDS phobia 615 0$aGay men$xMental health. 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aAIDS phobia. 676 $a155.9/16/08664 700 $aOdets$b Walt$01466639 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786604203321 996 $aIn the shadow of the epidemic$93677154 997 $aUNINA