Companeros : Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS Paperback / softback
by Jesus Ramirez-Valles
Part of the Latinos in Chicago and Midwest series
Paperback / softback
Description
Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Companeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic.
Weaving together activists' responses to oppression and stigma, their encounters with AIDS, and their experiences as GBTs and Latinos in North America and Latin America, Jesus Ramirez-Valles explores the intersection of civic involvement with ethnic and sexual identity.
Even as activists battle multiple sources of oppression, they are able to restore their sense of family connection and self-esteem through the creation of an alternative space in which community members find value in their relationships with one another.
In demonstrating the transformative effects of a nurturing community environment for GBT Latinos affected by the AIDS epidemic, Ramirez-Valles illustrates that members find support in one another, as companeros, in their struggles with homophobia, gender discrimination, racism, poverty, and forced migration.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 6 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:04/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780252078217
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 6 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:04/10/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252078217
