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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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Gay liberation movement
- History of HIV and AIDS
- HIV and AIDS activism
- Oral history theory
- Inner-city Sydney
- HIV and AIDS in Australia
- LGBT history in Australia
- HIV and AIDS survivors
- Sydney's gay community
- HAART
- antiretroviral medication
- trauma
- life story interviews
- HIV status disclosure
- safe sex
- gender and sexuality
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Cheryl Ware
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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