Philip M Kayal

Bearing Witness (eBook, ePUB)

Gay Men's Health Crisis And The Politics Of Aids

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how one community-based initiative - Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York - overcame the obstacles of homophobia and fear of AIDS by organizing groups of volunteers who "bear witness" to the suffering of people with AIDS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429981739
• Artikelnr.: 54216944

Autorenporträt

Philip M. Kayal is professor of sociology at Seton Hall University. He has published extensively in the sociology of religion, ethnicity, and homophobia. His current interests are the nonprofit sector and the study of gay/AIDS volunteerism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART ONE AIDS: The Issues
1 Getting Involved
2 The Sin Stigma and Gay/AIDS Volunteerism
3 "Morality" and AIDS Issues
4 Democratization and the Response to AIDS
PART TWO Ideology: Volunteerism and AIDS
5 Volunteerism, Conununity and Blaming the Victim
6 The Political Economy of Volunteerisin and AIDS Prevention/Education
7 Who Volunteers: Minority Volunteerism and GMHC
8 Gay Volunteerism Before and After AIDS
9 Gay/AIDS Volunteerism: A Question of Altruism?
10 Volunteerism and Voluntary Associations
PART THREE The Significance of Gay/MDS Volunteerism
11 GMHC and the Community Interest: Institutionalization and Successful Volunteerism
12 GMHC as Organizational Success and Problem
13 Homophobia, Bearing Witness, and Empowerment
14 Gay/AIDS Volunteerism as Political Innovation
Epilogue: Toward the Future