Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City : How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds / Sabrina Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Sabrina, Author.

Series:

Studies in medical anthropology.

Studies in Medical Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease) in women--New Jersey--Newark--Case studies.

AIDS (Disease) in women.

HIV-positive women--New Jersey--Newark--Case studies.

HIV-positive women.

Hispanic American women--Diseases--New Jersey--Newark--Case studies.

Hispanic American women.

Puerto Rican women--Diseases--New Jersey--Newark--Case studies.

Puerto Rican women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 electronic text (xvi, 208 p.) :) ill., digital file.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive them of self-determination, or could they help themselves and each other? What can we learn from these resourceful women? Based on her work with minority women living in Newark, New Jersey, Sabrina Marie Chase illuminates the hidden traps and land mines burdening our current health care system as a whole. For the women she studied, alliances with doctors, nurses, and social workers could literally mean the difference between life and death. By applying the theories of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to the day-to-day experiences of HIV-positive Latinas, Chase explains why some struggled and even died while others flourished and thrived under difficult conditions. These gripping, true-life stories advocate for those living with chronic illness who depend on the health care "safety net." Through her exploration of life and death among Newark's resourceful women, Chase provides the groundwork for inciting positive change in the U.S. health care system.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1. Torn between Structure and Agency

2. Resourceful Women

3. Unpacking Newark's Epidemic

4. Understanding HIV

5. Managing Social Services

6. Working the Clinics

7. Taking Care of Yourself

8. Learning from Resourceful Women

Epilogue: Sorrows and Joys

Reference List

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-283-37002-6

9786613370020

0-8135-5348-2

OCLC:

768082368