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The AIDS Generation - Stories of Survival and Resilience (Hardcover)
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The AIDS Generation - Stories of Survival and Resilience (Hardcover)
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For young gay men who came of age in the United States in the
1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear,
hardship, and loss. Those who were diagnosed before 1996 suffered
an exceptionally high rate of mortality, and the survivors - both
the infected individuals and those close to them - today constitute
a "bravest generation" in American history. The AIDS Generation:
Stories of Survival and Resilience examines the strategies for
survival and coping employed by these HIV-positive gay men, who
together constitute the first generation of long-term survivors of
the disease. Through interviews conducted by the author, it
narrates the stories of gay men who have survived since the early
days of the epidemic; documents and delineates the strategies and
behaviors enacted by men of this generation to survive it; and
examines the extent to which these approaches to survival inform
and are informed by the broad body of literature on resilience and
health. The stories and strategies detailed here, all used to
combat the profound physical, emotional, and social challenges
faced by those in the crosshairs of the AIDS epidemic, provide a
gateway for understanding how individuals cope with chronic and
life-threatening diseases. Halkitis takes readers on a journey of
first-hand data collection (the interviews themselves), the popular
culture representations of these phenomena, and his own experiences
as one of the men of the AIDS generation. This riveting account
will be of interest to health practitioners and historians
throughout the clinical and social sciences - or to anyone with an
interest in this important chapter in social history.
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