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Bearing witness : gay men's health crisis and the politics of AIDS / Philip M. Kayal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kayal, Philip M., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS phobia--United States.
- AIDS phobia.
- Gay men--New York (State)--New York--Attitudes.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.
- Gay men--United States--Public opinion.
- Homophobia--United States.
- Homophobia.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Volunteer workers in community health services--New York (State)--New York.
- Volunteer workers in community health services.
- Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 261 p. : ill.).
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Westview Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Contents:
- Getting involved
- The sin stigma and gay/AIDS volunteerism
- "Morality" and AIDS issues
- Democratization and the response to AIDS
- Volunteerism, community, and blaming the victim
- The political economy of volunteerism and AIDS prevention/edcucation
- Who volunteers: minority volunteerism and GMHC
- Gay volunteerism before and after AIDS
- Gay/AIDS volunteerism: a question of altruism?
- Volunteerism and voluntary associations
- GMHC and the community interest: institutionalization and successful volunteerism
- GMHC as organizational success and problem
- Homophobia, bearing witness, and empowerment
- Gay/AIDS volunteerism as political innovation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259).
- OCLC:
- 607891334
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