Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS

by Michele Tracy Berger

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Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of color,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691118531

ISBN13:9780691118536

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:234 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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