عنوان

Ashamed to die :

شابک

1569768145 (hardback)

شابک

9781569768143 (hardback)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Ashamed to die :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

silence, denial, and the AIDS epidemic in the South /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Andrew J. Skerritt

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago, Ill. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Lawrence Hill Books,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c2011

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 306 p., [16] p. of plates :

ساير جزييات

ill. ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes index

متن يادداشت

"By focusing on a small town in South Carolina, this study of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the South reveals the hard truths of an ongoing and complex issue. Skerritt contends that the United States has failed to adequately address the threat of HIV and AIDS in communities of color and that taboos about love, race, and sexuality-combined with Southern conservatism, white privilege, and black oppression-continue to create an unacceptable death toll. The heartbreak of America's failure comes alive through case studies of individuals such as Carolyn, a wild child whose rebellion coincided with the advent of AIDS, and Nita, a young woman searching for love and trapped in an abusive relationship. The results are most visible at the town's segregated burial ground where dozens of young black men and women who have died from AIDS are laid to rest. Not only a call to action and awareness, this is a true story of how persons of faith, enduring love, and limitless forgiveness can inspire others by serving as guides for poor communities facing a public health threat burdened with conflicting moral and social conventions"--Provided by publisher

موضوع مستند نشده

African Americans-- Diseases-- Southern States

موضوع مستند نشده

AIDS (Disease)-- Southern States

موضوع مستند نشده

Social medicine-- Southern States

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Skerritt, Andrew J

تاريخ عمليات

20111202021355.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y