Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis

Synopsis

In Infectious Ideas, Jennifer Brier convincingly argues that the AIDS epidemic had a profound effect on the American political landscape. Viewing contemporary history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, she provides rich, new understandings of the complex social and political trends of the post-1960s era. Brier describes how AIDS workers--in groups as disparate as the gay and lesbian press, AIDS service organizations, private philanthropies, and the State Department--influenced American politics, especially on issues such as gay and lesbian rights, reproductive health, racial justice, and health care policy, even in the face of the expansion of the New Right. Indeed, the book shows that efforts to deal with AIDS produced significant fissures in the conservative movement during this period, especially when the State Department and USAID adopted AIDS as a centerpiece of its diplomatic strategy, including the distribution of millions of condoms overseas. Infectious Ideasplaces recent social, cultural, and political events in a new light, making an important contribution to our understanding of the United States at the end of the twentieth century.

Copyright:

2009

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

312 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780807895474

Related ISBNs:

9780807833148, 9781469605289, 9780807872116

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press, The

Date of Addition:

01/05/16

Copyrighted By:

Jennifer Brier

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

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