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Crisis of Meaning : How Gay Men Are Making Sense of AIDS.
Title:
Crisis of Meaning : How Gay Men Are Making Sense of AIDS.
Author:
Schwartzberg, Steven.
ISBN:
9780198025634
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (282 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Part One: Introduction -- 1 A Crisis of Meaning -- 2 Meaning: The Perennial Quest -- 3 Representations of HIV and AIDS: The Building Blocks of Meaning -- Part Two: Styles of Adaptation -- 4 Transformation: A Journey of Growth -- 5 Rupture: The Shattering of Meaning -- 6 Camouflage: The Fine Line of Self-Deception -- 7 Impassivity: Minimizing the Trauma -- Part Three: Restoring Meaning -- 8 Living with Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Questions of Mortality -- 9 Coping, Changing, Growing -- 10 Grief and Hope -- Epilogue: The Current Moment -- Appendix A: The Men in the Study -- Appendix B: Research Data -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This volume explores how gay men are facing up to and finding meaning in the AIDS crisis.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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