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HIV Survivors in Sydney

Memories of the Epidemic

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Authors:
  1. Cheryl Ware

    1. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Offers the first book-length account on how HIV and AIDS transformed the intimate lives of gay men in Sydney
  • Moves beyond the usual focus on public mobilization and activism in the history of HIV and AIDS to foreground the stories of individual men and the impact of the disease on their personal lives
  • Features oral histories of gay men diagnosed with HIV in Sydney before the advent of antiretroviral medication
  • Appeals to scholars and readers interested in the history of sexuality, LGBTQ studies, oral history, memory studies, the history of medicine, the history of HIV and AIDS, and Australian history

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History (PSOH)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Our Lives Are Going to Change

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Gay Capital of the Southern Hemisphere

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 19-40

  4. The Face of HIV

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 41-62

  5. “The Disease of a Thousand Rehearsals”

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 63-85

  6. Living by the Code of the Condom

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 87-110

  7. Patient Stories

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 111-132

  8. The Heroes of the Epidemic

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 133-154

  9. Coping with Death

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 155-176

  10. Life as Lazarus, 1996

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 177-193

  11. Bearing Witness to the Epidemic

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 195-217

  12. Conclusion

    • Cheryl Ware
    Pages 219-222

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 223-247
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About this book

Inner-city Sydney was the epicenter of gay life in the Southern hemisphere in the 1970s and early 1980s. Gay men moved from across Australasia to find liberation in the city’s vibrant community networks; and when HIV and AIDS devastated those networks, they grieved, suffered, and survived in ways that have often been left out of the historical record. This book excavates the intimate lives and memories of HIV-positive gay men in Sydney, focusing on the critical years between 1982 and 1996, when HIV went from being a terrifying unidentified disease to a chronic condition that could be managed with antiretroviral medication. Using oral histories and archival research, Cheryl Ware offers a sensitive, moving exploration of how HIV-positive gay men navigated issues around disclosure, health, sex, grief, death, and survival. HIV Survivors in Sydney reveals how gay men dealt with the virus both within and outside of support networks, and how they remember these experiences nearly three decades later.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Cheryl Ware

About the author

Cheryl Ware is a Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: HIV Survivors in Sydney

  • Book Subtitle: Memories of the Epidemic

  • Authors: Cheryl Ware

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Oral History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05102-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05101-3Published: 30 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05102-0Published: 12 April 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2731-5673

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-5681

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oral History, Australasian History, Social History, Gender and Sexuality, History of Medicine

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