In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS - Series Q - Walt Odets - Books - Duke University Press - 9780822316381 - July 12, 1995
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In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS - Series Q 1st edition

Walt Odets

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In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS - Series Q 1st edition

For gay men who are HIV-negative in a community devastated by AIDS, survival may be a matter of grief, guilt, anxiety, and isolation. In the Shadow of the Epidemic is a passionate and intimate look at the emotional and psychological impact of AIDS on the lives of the survivors of the epidemic, those who must face on a regular basis the death of friends and, in some cases, the decimation of their communities. Drawing upon his own experience as a clinical psychologist and a decade-long involvement with AIDS/HIV issues, Walt Odets explores the largely unrecognized matters of denial, depression, and identity that mark the experience of uninfected gay men.
Odets calls attention to the dire need to address issues that are affecting HIV-negative individuals?from concerns about sexuality and relations with those who are HIV-positive to universal questions about the nature and meaning of survival in the midst of disease. He argues that such action, while explicitly not directing attention away from the needs of those with AIDS, is essential to the human and biological well-being of gay communities. In the immensely powerful firsthand words of gay men living in a semiprivate holocaust, the need for a broader, compassionate approach to all of the AIDS epidemic?s victims becomes clear. In the Shadow of the Epidemic is a pathbreaking first step toward meeting that need.


328 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 12, 1995
ISBN13 9780822316381
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 328
Dimensions 160 × 240 × 20 mm   ·   635 g
Language English  

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