World Bank Publication, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433. ISBN 0-8213-5580-5. $25.00.
The Regional Support Strategy of World Bank has provided a document that identifies the potential costs of inaction, the constraints on an effective response, priority actions to resolve such constraints, and the Bank s plans for helping countries do so as part of a multiinstitutional effort. The five chapters cover: I
Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211. ISBN 0-521-80866-9, 0-521-00470-5pbk. $100.00, $38.00pbk.
edited by George Ellison, Melissa Parker, Catherine Campbell. 2003.
There is still a great deal to learn about HIV and AIDS even though there have been a multitude of books and articles on the subjects. There are still many gaps in our knowledge of the disease and these gaps have profound implications for our capacity to act. Prevention is still the battle cry since there is no vaccine
Guilford Press, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. ISBN 1-57230-843-5. $16.95.
Michael Mancilla, Lisa Troshinsky. 2003.
Relationships are hard work, as any trip to the self-help section of your local bookstore will attest. Throwing HIV into the mix invariably makes relationships even harder-disclosing HIV status, negotiating safer sex, committing to another against a landscape of uncertainty. All of this and more can be overwhelming an
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-4319. ISBN 0-8018-7913-2, 0-8018-7914-0pbk. $45.00, $15.95pbk.
Rebecca A. Clark, Robert T. Maupin Jr., Jill Hayes Hammer. 2004.
This book has been written to help women understand HIV and help them to find support and treatment. The book is designed to be either read from cover to cover or by parts that are of immediate interest to the reader. There are 4 major sections of the book that cover HIV-related health issues; general health issues; re
Paraeger/Greenwood, 88 Post Road West, PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007. ISBN 0-86569-316-1. $39.95.
Edward C. Green
This is a book that tries to focus on those successes in AIDS prevention rather than the failures, even though the successes may not be as dramatic as one would hope in this stage of the pandemic. It is these successes that others in less developed countries can learn and hopefully be successful in their prevention eff
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-4363. ISBN 0-8018-7427-0. $42.00.
Robert Klitzman, Ronald Bayer. 2003
The fact that one may be HIV positive brings about the entire realm of secrecy, trust, and truth. Are those who are positive obligated to tell the world that they are positive or even their own circle of friends or family? Should you believe the individual that tells you he or she is negative and then proceed to have u
First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11201. 98 minutes, color.
a film by Stefan Haupt. 2002.
This informative biographic video of Elisabeth Kbler-Ross surveys the scholar s life and career in the study of death from the curious perspective near the end of Kbler-Ross own life. Born in 1926 as a two-pound triplet, Kblier-Ross spent her childhood as a small, frail and sickly child. Always bright and inquisitive i
Guilford Publication, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. ISSN 0899-9546. $245.00 institutions; $65.00 individuals.
Edited by Francisco S. Sy.
This is a journal that serves as a forum devoted to the publication of original contributions that highlight existing and theoretical models of AIDS education and Prevention, including their development, implementation, and evaluation. Issue number one is devoted to HIV Prevention for Asian and Pacific Islander Men Who
University of Natal Press/Stylus Publishing, 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012. ISBN 0-7453-2076-7, 0-7453-2-075-9pbk. $75.00, $19.95pbk.
Emma Guest. 2003.
Deadlier than war, deadlier than tyranny, deadlier even than malaria, AIDS is silently tearing Africa apart. The epidemic is throwing millions of households into turmoil. Often the middle generation is wiped out, and children and the elderly are left to fend for themselves. This book looks at the lives of some of thes
Duke University Press, PO Box 90660, Durham, NC 27708-0660. ISBN 0-8223-3217-5. $21.95.
Martin F. Manalansan IV. 2003.
This book is an ethnographic study of Filipino gay men in New York City, based on fieldwork and interviews conducted between 1990 and 1995. It focuses on the life narratives of fifty Filipino gay men. It is a very interesting account of how these men negotiate between Filipino and American sexual and gender traditions,
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 23904-1580. (Journal of Homosexuality, v. 44, no 3-4 2003). ISBN 1-56023-272-2, 1-56023-273-0pbk. $49.95, $34.95pbk.
edited by William J. Woods, Diane Binson. 2003.
From the beginning of the AIDS pandemic there has been concern by politicians and the general public that bathhouses were a breeding ground for the HIV virus. Efforts to close down most of the bathhouses were moderately successful but they still remain a high profile venue for social gatherings and sex. The numbers dec
Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN, 47404-3797. ISBN 0-85255-867-8, 0-85255-868-6pbk. $49.95, $22.95pbk.
Catherine Campbell. 2003.
This book is the result of seven years of collaborative research in the small South African community of Summertown where attention was given to the social construction of sexuality by migrant mineworkers, commercial sex workers and young people. The book examines sexuality as it pertains to social change with an overr
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ISBN 0-7890-1586-2, 0-7890-1587-0pbk. $89.95, $49.95pbk.
edited by Barbara I. Willinger, Alan Rice. 2003.
This is a much-needed account of the experiences of those who worked in hospitals during the initial years of the AIDS pandemic. It was a time of fear, challenge, and extreme caution. Some had a sense of denial in that they thought they could never catch AIDS since they were not gay. During these early years the social
South End Press, 7 Brookline St. no. 1, Cambridge, MA 02139-4146. ISBN 0785970674-7, 0-890608-673-9pbk. $40.00, $19.00pbk.
Alexander Irwin, Joyce Millen, Dorothy Fallows. 2003.
This book is a product of the Partners in Health advocacy arm of the Institute for Health and Social Justice whose chief mission is to inform people in the US and other affluent countries about the vulnerability and health threats facing those who live in povertyThis book aims to promote such awareness and to foster ac
Between the Lines, 720 Bathurst St., Ste. 404, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R4. ISBN 1-896357-73-3. $14.95.
Ann Silversides. 2003.
This is by far one of the most moving accounts of an AIDS activist who lived through the 70s and 80s. Silversides has provided us a look at the life of an individual who championed sexual diversity and AIDS. The book is based on the 65-volume diary that Michael kept through the years. It is funny and sad at the same ti
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