Power in the blood : a handbook on AIDS, politics, and communication / edited by William N. Elwood.
"In this single volume, William N. Elwood has gathered potent evidence of the impact that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had on the world, its communities, and its inhabitants, and he addresses the role of communication in affecting the way in which people respond to AIDS. With a multidisciplinary g...
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1999.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. The Political: Introductory Perspectives. 1. Burden of Sin: Transmitting Messages and Viruses in a Stigmatized Plague / William N. Elwood. 2. Pink Water: The Archetype of Blood and the Pool of Infinite Contagion / Kevin A. Clark. 3. Initiating or Avoiding Activism: Red Ribbons, Pink Triangles, and Public Argument About AIDS / Matthew J. Sobnosky and Eric Hauser. 4. The Medicalization of Discourse Within an AIDS Research Setting / Clyde B. McCoy, Christine Miles and Lisa R. Metsch
- pt. II. The Civic: Campaigns and Policy. 5. The Reagan Administration's Response to AIDS: Conservative Argument and Conflict / Victoria Stephan Nelson. 6. Politically Privileged Voices: Glaser and Fisher Address the 1992 Presidential Nominating Conventions / Kathleen M. German and Jeffrey L. Courtright. 7. From Hope to Heartbreak: Bill Clinton and the Rhetoric of AIDS / Mitchell S. McKinney and Bryan G. Pepper. 8. Scapegoating and Political Discourse: Representative Robert Doman's Legislation of Morality Through HIV/AIDS / R. Anthony Slagle
- pt. III. The Intrapersonal: Individuals and Behavior. 9. Reducing HIV Risk Behaviors of Drug-Involved Women: Social, Economic, Medical, and Legal Constraints / Sally J. Stevens and John G. Bogart. 10. The Politics of Silence: Communicative Rules and HIV Prevention Issues in Gay Male Bathhouses / William N. Elwood and Mark L. Williams. 11. Redefining Categories of Risk and Identity: The Appropriation of AIDS Prevention Information and Constructions of Risk / Antonio Estrada and Gilbert A. Quintero. 12. Perceptions of Condoms and Barriers to Condom Use Along the Trans-Africa Highway in Kenya / Kenzie A. Cameron, Kim Witte and Solomon Nzyuko
- pt. IV. The Interpersonal: Relations Among Individuals. 13. Lesbians on the Frontline: Battling AIDS, Gays, and the Myth of Community / Diane M. Harney. 14. AIDS and Social Relations of Power: Urban African-American Women's Discourse on the Contexts of Risk and Prevention / Margaret R. Weeks, Maryland Grier and Kim Radda. 15. In Their Own Words: Communication and the Politics of HIV Education for Transgenders and Transsexuals in Los Angeles / Gust A. Yep and Myrna Pietri. 16. The Power of Romance: Changing the Focus of AIDS Education Messages / Yvonne Kellar-Guenther. 17. Stigma, Secrecy, and Isolation: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women in an Australian Study / Lydia Bennett and Michele Travers. 18. Mass Media Effects Through Interpersonal Communication: The Role of "Twende na Wakati" on the Adoption of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Tanzania / Peer J. Svenkerud, Nagesh Rao and Everett M. Rogers
- pt. V. The Public: Perspectives on Mass-Mediated Communication. 19. Life on the Edge of the Precipice: Information Subsidy and the Rise of AIDS as a Public Issue, 1983-1989 / Timothy N. Walters, Lynne M. Walters and Susanna Hornig Priest. 20. AIDS as a Legally Defined Disability: Implications From News Media Coverage / Beth Haller. 21. AIDS, the Status Quo, and the Elite Media: An Analysis of the Guest Lists of "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour" and "Nightline" / Kevin B. Wright. 22. What We Say and How We Say It: The Influence of Psychosocial Characteristics and Message Content of HIV/AIDS Public Service Announcements / Timothy N. Walters, Lynne M. Walters and Susanna Hornig Priest
- pt. VI. The Programmatic: Relations Between People and Institutions. 23. AIDS Information and the National Institutes of Health / Paul A. Gaist. 24. Difference and Identification: Reconsidering the Indigenous Outreach Worker Model / William N. Elwood. 25. Media Manipulations and the AIDS/Breastfeeding Issue / Linda K. Fuller. 26. A Tough Sell: The Political Logic of Federal Needle-Exchange Policy / Mark C. Donovan. 27. Ethical Choices Regarding Noncompliance: Prescribing Protease Inhibitors for HIV-Infected Female Adolescents / Kathryn Greene and Barbara Cassidy. 28. Communicating Danger: The Politics of AIDS in the Mekong Region / Thomas M. Steinfatt and Jim Mielke
- pt. VII. The Synthesis: Conclusions and Projections. 29. Diffusion of Innovations and HIV/AIDS Prevention Research / Everett M. Rogers and Corinne L. Shefner-Rogers. 30. Victories to Win: Communicating HIV/AIDS Prevention and Tolerance / William N. Elwood.