Indian blood : HIV and colonial trauma in San Francisco's two-spirit community / Andrew J. Jolivette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jolivétte, Andrew, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Two-spirit people--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

Two-spirit people.

Indian gay people--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

Indian gay people.

Multiracial people--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

Multiracial people.

Multiracial people--California--San Francisco--Ethnic identity.

HIV-positive gay men--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

HIV-positive gay men.

Public health--California--San Francisco.

Public health.

Indians of North America--Colonization--Social aspects.

Indians of North America.

Psychic trauma--Social aspects--United States.

Psychic trauma.

Intergenerational relations--United States.

Intergenerational relations.

Psychic trauma--Social aspects.

Indians of North America--Colonization.

Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Ethnicity.

United States.

San Francisco (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.

San Francisco (Calif.).

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

xvi, 157 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ 'two-spirit' identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity. Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced. However, after contact--and religious conversion--attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured. This discrimination led to a breakdown in traditional values, beliefs, and practices, which in turn pushed many two-spirit members to participate in high-risk behaviors. The result is a disproportionate number of two-spirit members who currently test positive for HIV. Using surveys, focus groups, and community discussions to examine the experiences of HIV-positive members of San Francisco's two-spirit community, Indian Blood provides an innovative approach to understanding how colonization continues to affect American Indian communities and opens a series of crucial dialogues in the fields of Native American studies, public health, queer studies, and critical mixed-race studies"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Indian blood : two-spirit return in the face of colonial haunting

Two-spirit cultural dissolution : HIV and healing among mixed-race American Indians

Historical and intergenerational trauma and radical love

Gender and racial discrimination against mixed-race American Indian two-spirits

Mixed-race identity, cognitive dissonance, and public health

Sexual violence and transformative ancestor spirits

Stress coping in urban Indian kinship networks

Two-spirit return : intergenerational healing and cultural leadership among mixed-race American Indians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295998077

0295998075

9780295998503

0295998504

OCLC:

932003603