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Against death : the practice of living with AIDS / Robert M. Ariss with Gary W. Dowsett.

Title
  1. Against death : the practice of living with AIDS / Robert M. Ariss with Gary W. Dowsett.
Published by
  1. Australia : Gordon and Breach, c1997.
Author
  1. Ariss, Robert M.

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Additional authors
  1. Dowsett, G. W. (Gary W.)
Description
  1. xiv, 219 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Theory and practice in medical anthropology and international health ; v. 5
Uniform title
  1. Theory and practice in medical anthropology and international health v. 5.
Alternative title
  1. Practice of living with AIDS
Subject
  1. AIDS (Disease) > Patients > Australia
  2. AIDS (Disease) > Psychological aspects
  3. AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
  4. AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Australia
  5. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > psychology
  6. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > therapy
  7. Complementary Therapies
  8. HIV-positive persons > Australia
  9. HIV-positive persons > Treatment > Australia
  10. Homosexuality
  11. Medical anthropology > Australia
  12. Social Perception
Contents
  1. pt. 1. The Anthropology of AIDS. 1. Introduction. 2. Governing AIDS: The State-Medicine-Community Triad -- pt. 2. The Tactics of Health and Illness. 3. Identifying the Subject: HIV-Antibody Testing as a Social Process. 4. Reconstructing Self and others: Managing an HIV-Antibody Positive Status. 5. In Dialogue with Doctors: Aspects of a Medical "Creole" 6. Beyond Medicine: Alternative Therapies for HIV. 7. Reinventing Death -- pt. 3. Discursive Strategies of Resistance. 8. People Living with AIDS Inc.: The Genealogy of a New Identity. 9. The Emergence of a New Treatment Activism. 10. Therapeutic Truth Games. 11. Getting Angry: Emotional Expression as Strategic Intent. 12. Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Sydney, 1992).
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain