HIV Survivors in Sydney : Memories of the Epidemic Hardback
by Cheryl Ware
Part of the Palgrave Studies in Oral History series
Hardback
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:247 pages, 1 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 247 p. 6 illus., 1 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:30/04/2019
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- ISBN:9783030051013
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:247 pages, 1 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 247 p. 6 illus., 1 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:30/04/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9783030051013
