| HIV Survivors in Sydney: Memories of the Epidemic 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Ware, Cheryl (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030051013 ISBN-13: 9783030051013 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.3 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.27 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |