Against Death: The Practice of Living with AIDSRobert Ariss - activist and academic - had a unique vision of HIV/AIDS. As an HIV seropositive individual for many years before his death on May 9, 1994, he was a full participant in, and critic of, the development of the gay community's response to the HIV epidemic both in Australia and internationally. Though Ariss' life is a definite presence in this study, Against Death: The Practice of Living with AIDS is not an autobiography. Instead, it is a unique and critical account of a public health crisis, a community's response, and the politics of sexuality. It was in Sydney, Australia, world-famous for its Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, that Robert Ariss lived and worked. It is his vision of that community - of its members infected with and affected by HIV - which is documented in this remarkable anthropological study. Yet the study's implications reach beyond Sydney to all communities living with HIV and AIDS. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
ASPECTS | 5 |
THE STATEMEDICINE | 15 |
PART TWO THE TACTICS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS | 37 |
MANAGING | 43 |
DeSignifying a Positive Diagnosis | 54 |
The Structure of a Tactical Alternative | 97 |
An Alternative Practitioner | 104 |
PART THREE DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE | 133 |
THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW TREATMENT ACTIVISM | 153 |
THERAPEUTIC TRUTH GAMES | 165 |
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION | 181 |
CONCLUSION | 197 |
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REINVENTING DEATH | 115 |
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Against Death: The Practice of Living with AIDS Robert M. Ariss,Gary W. Dowsett No preview available - 1997 |
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