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This book is about community activism around HIV/AIDS in Australia. It looks at the role that the gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the author argues that AIDS activism contributed to im...
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oapen-20.500.12657-336862021-11-09T09:05:54Z Movement, Knowledge, Emotion x, government policy australia aids political aspects public health hiv gay homosexuality HIV/AIDS LGBT community bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine This book is about community activism around HIV/AIDS in Australia. It looks at the role that the gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the author argues that AIDS activism contributed to improving social attitudes towards gay men and lesbians in Australia, while also challenging some entrenched cultural patterns of the Australian medical system, allowing greater scope for non-medical intervention into the domain of health and illness. The book documents an important chapter in the history of public health in Australia and explores how HIV/AIDS came to be a defining issue in the history of gay and lesbian rights in Australia. 2013-11-12 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:53:43Z 2020-04-01T14:53:43Z 2011 book 459377 OCN: 743299013 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33686 eng application/pdf n/a 459377.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/?s=movement+emotion ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459377 10.26530/OAPEN_459377 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 205 Canberra open access |
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This book is about community activism around HIV/AIDS in Australia. It looks at the role that the gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the author argues that AIDS activism contributed to improving social attitudes towards gay men and lesbians in Australia, while also challenging some entrenched cultural patterns of the Australian medical system, allowing greater scope for non-medical intervention into the domain of health and illness. The book documents an important chapter in the history of public health in Australia and explores how HIV/AIDS came to be a defining issue in the history of gay and lesbian rights in Australia. |
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