The crisis of desire : AIDS and the fate of gay brotherhood / Robin Hardy, with David Groff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardy, Robin, 1952-1995, author.

Groff, David, author.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States.

AIDS (Disease).

Gay men--Diseases--United States.

Gay men.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--United States.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--psychology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--transmission.

Homosexuality, Male--psychology.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients.

Gay men--Diseases.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--psychology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--transmission.

Homosexuality, Male--psychology.

Local Subjects:

Gay men.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1999]

Summary:

Robin Hardy writes of the gay man's struggle to maintain power over his health, his body, and his sexuality in the face of a devastating epidemic. Building on the work of books like Paul Monette's Borrowed Time and Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On, The Crisis of Desire combines memoir and social critique in a forward-looking appeal to gay men to accept "the mortal risk of loving." Historically, AIDS forced gay men into a defensive position that devastated their community and their sense of themselves. Today, whether they are fighting for health care or exploring their sexuality, gay men are constrained by society and the government--and also by their own estrangement from the pre-AIDS era of sexual possibility. Because HIV is more manageable for many, the issues of sexual health, responsibility, and sexual empowerment are more vital than ever. A fresh and persuasive call in an urgent debate, The Crisis of Desire is a return to the Stonewall legacy, a bold commitment to connections based on truth, human care, and the sexual authenticity of the individual.

With eloquent passion, the authors write of the gay man's struggle to maintain power over his health, his body, and his sexuality in the face of a devastating epidemic.

Contents:

Introduction: "Words Where There Was Silence"

The Enemy of Love: AIDS and Its Myths

The Crisis of Desire: Loss and Promise

Hope Inhibited: Medicine, Power, and the Reclaimed Body

Disposal: A Death and Life in Amsterdam

Sex at Risk: The Body and Its Dangers

Surviving Memory: Toward an Ethos of Desire

Beyond the Culture of Love: The Fate of Gay Brotherhood.

Notes:

Includes index.

Lambda Literary Award Finalist: Gay Men's Studies, 1999

ISBN:

0395745446

9780395745441

OCLC:

40738907

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