| AIDS Alibis: Sex, Drugs, and Crime in the Americas Contributor(s): Kane, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 156639628X ISBN-13: 9781566396288 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: What do government health policies, Central American rituals, blue- and white-collar workers, HIV, and the war on drugs have in common with mayhem, murder, and other social evils? AIDS Alibis is a fresh, astute -- in a word, hip -- analysis of that commonality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues - Social Science | Popular Culture - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 97-49094 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.52" W x 8.29" (0.72 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - AIDS |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text tackles the cultural landscape upon which AIDS, often accompanied by poverty, drug addiction, and crime, proliferates on a global scale. The author layers stories of individuals and events to illustrate the paths of HIV infection and the effects of environment, government intervention, and social mores. Linking ordinary yet kindred lives in communities around the globe, Kane challenges the assumptions underlying the use of police and courts to solve health problems. |