 | Women Resisting AIDS: Feminist Strategies of Empowerment Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects; AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects; Women -- Diseases; Women -- Health and hygiene; Feminism; This collection of original essays discusses the increasingly rapid spread of AIDS among women, considering the varying experiences and responses of women of color, lesbians, and economically impoverished women. The essays range widely from policy assessments to case studies, focusing on women as sufferers, caretakers, policy activists, community organizers, and educators. Beth E. Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the co-editor of The Social Context of AIDS . Nancy E. Stoller is Professor of Sociology and Community Studies and Director of the Women's Health Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz. |
