Women Resisting AIDS - Feminist Strategies of Empowerment

This collection of original essays discusses the increasingly rapid spread of AIDS among women, considering the varying experiences and responses of women of color, lesbians, and economically impoverished women. The essays range widely from policy assessments to case studies, focusing on women as sufferers, caretakers, policy activists, community organizers, and educators.

About the author

Beth E. Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the co-editor of The Social Context of AIDS.

Summary

This collection of original essays discusses the increasingly rapid spread of AIDS among women, considering the varying experiences and responses of women of color, lesbians, and economically impoverished women. The essays range widely from policy assessments to case studies, focusing on women as sufferers, caretakers, policy activists, community organizers, and educators.

Product details

• Authors: Beth Schneider
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.1995
• EAN: 9781566392686
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-268-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Illustrations: 6 tables, 3 figures
• Series: Health Society and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General