Risk and resistance : how feminists transformed the law and science of AIDS / Aziza Ahmed, Northeastern University, Boston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Aziza, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation.

AIDS (Disease).

Women's rights--Health aspects.

Women's rights.

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease)--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 224 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"How did women come to be seen as "at-risk" for HIV? Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and Resistance shows that it was the work of women's rights lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public health response to the AIDS epidemic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction "Women Don't Get AIDS, They Just Die From It"

Chapter 1 "We Are Not Immune": A New Branch of the Feminist Women's Health Movement

Chapter 2 Litigating Risk: The Law and Politics of Disease in the Administrative State

Chapter 3 Experiments in Risk: Clinical Trials and Women

Chapter 4 Sex-Bargains

Chapter 5 The Sex Wars Comes to AIDS: Risk and Consent

Conclusion

Governing the Unknown: Legal-Scientific Settlements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Ahmed, Aziza. Risk and resistance

ISBN:

9781108751605

1108751601

OCLC:

1485651408

Publisher Number:

CIPO000262094

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license