Hiv/aids in India - Voices From the Margins

List of contents

1. Introduction: Chronicle of a Disease Foretold

2. Non-Heteronormative Desire: Then and Now

3. My Life is Nothing But a Question Mark: Stories of Sexual Minorities

4. One Foot in the River, One Foot in the Mud: The Perils of Living a Double-Life

5. Changing Status of Non-conjugal Heterosexuality in India

6. Take Our Truth to the World: Challenges and Aspirations of Sex-Workers

7. There is was no Wrongdoing on my Part, Sister: Shame, Stigma among Women Living with HIV/AIDS

8. Should we Not Live a Life? HIV Positive Women’s Tales of Hope and Survival

9. The Way Forward: Advocacy and Change

About the author

Sunita Manian is Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Liberal Studies at Georgia College and State University, USA.

Summary

This book explores the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Based on research in Tamil Nadu, it presents experiences of those marginalized by their sexuality and/or gender, their struggles and their triumphs. Based on interviews with male and female sex workers, men who have sex with men, aravanis (male to female transgenders) and HIV positive women – group

Product details

• Authors: Sunita Manian, Sunita (Georgia College and State Universi Manian, Manian Sunita
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367886738
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88673-8
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Social and cultural history, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Black & Asian Studies, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General