Indian Blood : HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community Paperback / softback
by Andrew J. Jolivette
Part of the Indigenous Confluences series
Paperback / softback
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Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary "Lammy" Award in LGBTQ StudiesThe first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ "two-spirit" identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity. Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced.
However, after contact - and religious conversion - attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured.
This discrimination led to a breakdown in traditional values, beliefs, and practices, which in turn pushed many two-spirit members to participate in high-risk behaviors.
The result is a disproportionate number of two-spirit members who currently test positive for HIV. Using surveys, focus groups, and community discussions to examine the experiences of HIV-positive members of San Francisco's two-spirit community, Indian Blood provides an innovative approach to understanding how colonization continues to affect American Indian communities and opens a series of crucial dialogues in the fields of Native American studies, public health, queer studies, and critical mixed-race studies.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 1 b&w illus, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Washington Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2016
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- ISBN:9780295998503
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 1 b&w illus, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Washington Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780295998503