Practicing desire : homosexual sex in the era of AIDS / Gary W. Dowsett.

  • Dowsett, G. W. (Gary W.)
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1996
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For more than a decade, gay men have faced a terrible crisis - the HIV epidemic and its consequence for many: AIDS. The epidemic coincided with the development of visible gay communities, distilled from cultural, political, and sexual activities, and claiming for homosexual men a recognition of the pleasures and prerogatives of same-sex love. These gay communities are substantial subcultures, often with a geographic focus and commercial infrastructure. The same period has also seen the rise in analyses of gay life that challenge conventional configurations of human sexuality and that have wrought profound changes in such fields as medicine, history, literary criticism, and the social sciences. This study examines these developments in the context of the HIV epidemic through interviews of twenty very different men who live in Sydney's gay community, Australia's largest and most visible, and in the provincial town of Nullangardie. The study establishes a framework for examining homosexuality, gay men, their communities, and HIV/AIDS through a systematic scrutiny of sexual practice - its action, structure, and meanings - as an argument for the sexual construction of homosexuality and gay community.

Publication/Creation

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1996.

Physical description

viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.

Contents

Starting points -- Finding out -- AIDS : a fact of life -- Gender bender -- The pursuit of homosexuality -- Gay community -- The resolution of desire -- Reflections.

Notes

Copy1. Donor: NAM (National AIDS Manual).

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  • 0804727120
  • 9780804727129