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9%OFFAndrew J. Jolivétte - Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community (Indigenous Confluences) - 9780295998503 - V9780295998503
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Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community (Indigenous Confluences)

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Description for Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community (Indigenous Confluences) Paperback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 b&w illus, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFFH2; JFSK2; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.

Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary "Lammy" Award in LGBTQ Studies

The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ "two-spirit" identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity.

Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced. However, after contact - and religious conversion - attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured. This discrimination led to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
Series
Indigenous Confluences
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295998503
SKU
V9780295998503
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Andrew J. Jolivétte
Andrew J. Jolivette is professor and chair of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed-Race Native American Identity.

Reviews for Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community (Indigenous Confluences)
"A welcome addition to the small but growing health literature about gay and transgendered mixed-race Native men, the work stands as a significant contribution that will certainly initiate further discussion, debate, and empirical investigations. Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."
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