Engendering Aids - Deconstructing Sex, Text and Epidemic

Informationen zum Autor Tamsin Wilton is Senior Lecturer in Health and Policy Studies at the University of the West of England. Her recent publications include Finger-Licking Good: The Ins and Outs of Lesbian Sex (1996), and Lesbian Studies: Setting an Agenda (1995). Klappentext In a stimulating analysis of gender and AIDS, Wilton assesses safer sex health promotion and health education discourse, and considers their consequences for the construction of gender and sexuality. She links issues of power, gender, sexuality and nationalism to offer a theoretical foundation for an effective HIV/AIDS health promotion strategy. Zusammenfassung In a stimulating analysis of gender and AIDS! Wilton assesses safer sex health promotion and health education discourse! and considers their consequences for the construction of gender and sexuality. She links issues of power! gender! sexuality and nationalism to offer a theoretical foundation for an effective HIV/AIDS health promotion strategy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction A Note on Terminology Sex, Texts, Power A Sexed and Gendered Desire Obstacles to Sexual Safety Look after Yourself HIV/AIDS Health Education and Promotion Queen of the Fountain of Love Gender, Disease and Death Whatever Turns You On Safer Sex Promotion Nowhere Man Representation, Resistance and Community Action = Life

Product details

• Authors: Wilton, Tamsin Wilton, Tamsin Dr Wilton, Tasmin Wilton
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.1997
• EAN: 9780761953838
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5383-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV, Gender studies, gender groups, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases, Sociology of Gender;Sociology of Health & Illness