Surviving HIV/AIDS in the inner city : how resourceful Latinas beat the odds / Sabrina Marie Chase.

By:

Chase, Sabrina Marie

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813553481
0813553482
1283370026
9781283370028
9786613370020
6613370029

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Surviving HIV/AIDS in the inner city.DDC classification:

362.196/979200974932 22

LOC classification:

RA643.84.N49 C43 2011

NLM classification:

2011 C-601
WC 503.7

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Contents:

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Torn between Structure and Agency; 2. Resourceful Women; 3. Unpacking Newark's Epidemic; 4. Understanding HIV; 5. Managing Social Services; 6. Working the Clinics; 7. Taking Care of Yourself; 8. Learning from Resourceful Women; Epilogue: Sorrows and Joys; Reference List; Index; About the Author.

Summary: Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive them of self-determination, or could they help themselves and each other? What can we learn from these resourceful women? Through an exploration of life and death among these resourceful women, the book provides the groundwork for inciting positive change in the U.S.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive them of self-determination, or could they help themselves and each other? What can we learn from these resourceful women? Through an exploration of life and death among these resourceful women, the book provides the groundwork for inciting positive change in the U.S.