ABSTRACT

First Published in 1989. In November 1987, the second U K Conference on Social Aspects of AIDS took place at the Polytechnic of the South Bank in London. This brought together a wide range of researchers with an interest in examining the social dimensions of HIV infection and AIDS. Amongst those present were educationalists, psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as representatives from statutory and voluntary sector organizations providing services for those affected by AIDS. This book contains many of the papers given at the conference as well as a number of additional contributions.

chapter |20 pages

AIDS

The Intellectual Agenda

chapter |18 pages

One Epidemic or Three?

Cultural, Social and Historical Aspects of the AIDS Pandemic

chapter |27 pages

Perverts, Inverts and Experts

The Cultural Production of an AIDS Research Paradigm

chapter |26 pages

Making Sense of a Precipice

Constituting Identity in an HIV Clinic

chapter |13 pages

Methods of Drug Use

Injecting and Sharing

chapter |12 pages

Reading AIDS