HIV Survivors in Sydney - Memories of the Epidemic (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

Inner-city Sydney was the epicenter of gay life in the Southern hemisphere in the 1970s and early 1980s. Gay men moved from across Australasia to find liberation in the city's vibrant community networks; and when HIV and AIDS devastated those networks, they grieved, suffered, and survived in ways that have often been left out of the historical record. This book excavates the intimate lives and memories of HIV-positive gay men in Sydney, focusing on the critical years between 1982 and 1996, when HIV went from being a terrifying unidentified disease to a chronic condition that could be managed with antiretroviral medication. Using oral histories and archival research, Cheryl Ware offers a sensitive, moving exploration of how HIV-positive gay men navigated issues around disclosure, health, sex, grief, death, and survival. HIV Survivors in Sydney reveals how gay men dealt with the virus both within and outside of support networks, and how they remember these experiences nearly three decades later.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Cheryl Ware
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	247
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-005101-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > AIDS: social aspects Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-005101-3
Barcode:	9783030051013

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