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The Boundaries of Blackness - AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (Paperback, New)
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The Boundaries of Blackness - AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (Paperback, New)
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Last year, more African Americans were reported with AIDS than any
other racial or ethnic group. And while African Americans make up
only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than
55 percent of all newly diagnosed HIV infections. These alarming
developments have caused reactions ranging from profound grief to
extreme anger in African-American communities, yet the organized
political reaction has remained remarkably restrained.
"The Boundaries of Blackness" is the first full-scale exploration
of the social, political, and cultural impact of AIDS on the
African-American community. Informed by interviews with activists,
ministers, public officials, and people with AIDS, Cathy Cohen
unflinchingly brings to light how the epidemic fractured, rather
than united, the black community. She traces how the disease
separated blacks along different fault lines and analyzes the
ensuing struggles and debates.
More broadly, Cohen analyzes how other cross-cutting issues--of
class, gender, and sexuality--challenge accepted ideas of who
belongs in the community. Such issues, she predicts, will
increasingly occupy the political agendas of black organizations
and institutions and can lead to either greater inclusiveness or
further divisiveness.
"The Boundaries of Blackness," by examining the response of a
changing community to an issue laced with stigma, has much to teach
us about oppression, resistance, and marginalization. It also
offers valuable insight into how the politics of the
African-American community--and other marginal groups--will evolve
in the twenty-first century.
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