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The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA - Anti-AIDS Activism in Los Angeles from the 1980s to the 2000s (Paperback) Loot Price: R717
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The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA - Anti-AIDS Activism in Los Angeles from the 1980s to the 2000s (Paperback): Benita Roth

The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA - Anti-AIDS Activism in Los Angeles from the 1980s to the 2000s (Paperback)

Benita Roth

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The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA explores the history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Los Angeles, part of the militant anti-AIDS movement of the 1980s and 1990s. ACT UP/LA battled government, medical, and institutional neglect of the AIDS epidemic, engaging in multi-targeted protest in Los Angeles and nationally. The book shows how appealing the direct action anti-AIDS activism was for people across the United States; as well as arguing the need to understand how the politics of place affect organizing, and how the particular features of the Los Angeles cityscape shaped possibilities for activists. A feminist lens is used, seeing social inequalities as mutually reinforcing and interdependent, to examine the interaction of activists and the outcomes of their actions. Their struggle against AIDS and homophobia, and to have a voice in their healthcare, presaged the progressive, multi-issue, anti-corporate, confrontational organizing of the late twentieth century, and deserves to be part of that history.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2017
Authors: Benita Roth
Dimensions: 228 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-51417-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Pressure groups & lobbying
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > AIDS: social aspects
LSN: 1-107-51417-7
Barcode: 9781107514171

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