Reviving the Tribe creates a rich and brutally honest portrait of
contemporary gay men 's lives amidst the seemingly endless AIDS
epidemic and offers both autobiographical self-examination and a
relentless critique of current sexual politics within the gay
community. Fearlessly confronting the horrors experiences by
surviving gay men without giving way to hopelessness, denial, or
blame, Reviving the Tribe offers an inspiring blueprint for the gay
community which faces a continuing spiral of disaster.In Reviving
the Tribe, Author Eric Rofes argues that a return to the
interrupted agenda of gay liberation may provide long-term
motivation to keep gay men alive and spur rejuvenation of new
generations of gay culture. By interweaving social history,
psychology, anthropology, epidemiology, sociology, feminist theory,
and sexology with his own journey through the epidemic, Rofes
provides a moving and compelling argument for stepping out of the
"state of emergency" and embracing a life beyond disease. He boldly
offers a plan for community regeneration focused on restoring
mental health, reclaiming sexuality, and mending the social fabric
of communal gay life. Rofes asks unspoken questions lurking in gay
men's minds and suggests answers to these questions, hitting such
controversial topics as: gay men's sex cultures of the 1970s why
"educated" gay men continue to become HIV-infected changing forms
of gay masculinity the opening of new sex clubs and bathhouses
leaving "rage activism" behind links between the Holocaust and AIDS
unacknowledged roots in the feminist movement of gay men 's AIDS
response mass denial of chronic trauma among gay menThe refusal to
confront the ever-intensifying manifestations of AIDS has seriously
endangered the foundation of contemporary gay communities. Rofes
argues that many gay men suffer from the "disaster syndrome," a
psychologically determined response that defends individuals
against being overwhelmed by traumatic experience. In Reviving the
Tribe, he provides a radical critique of contemporary gay political
culture and suggests alternatives which offer the opportunity to
face history, grapple with decimation, and regenerate communal
life.Cautioning that an honest analysis of recent gay history and
urban cultures promises neither to stop gay men 's suffering nor to
end continuing HIV infections, Reviving the Tribe provides gay men
with a clear lens through which they might scrutinize their lives,
come to a new understanding of the epidemic 's impact on their
generation, and redirect activism. This courageous and inspiring
work brings Rofes'commanding intellect and twenty years of
grassroots gay activism to bear on the challenging task of
reconstructing gay life in the new mellennium. Reviving the Tribe
is filled with insight of special interest to gay men, lesbians
involved in the mixed lesbian/gay movement, sociologists, public
health workers, psychologists, counselors, sex educators, religious
leaders, and AIDS prevention policymakers searching for fresh
vision.
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