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Companeros
Jesus Ramirez-Valles
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Description for Companeros
Paperback. Exploring Latino GBT involvement in the fight against AIDS Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; JFFH2; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic. Weaving together activists' responses to oppression and stigma, their encounters with AIDS, and their experiences as GBTs and Latinos in North America and Latin America, Jesus Ramirez-Valles explores the intersection of civic involvement with ethnic and sexual identity. Even as activists battle multiple sources of oppression, they are able to restore their sense of family connection and ... Read more
Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic. Weaving together activists' responses to oppression and stigma, their encounters with AIDS, and their experiences as GBTs and Latinos in North America and Latin America, Jesus Ramirez-Valles explores the intersection of civic involvement with ethnic and sexual identity. Even as activists battle multiple sources of oppression, they are able to restore their sense of family connection and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Latinos in Chicago and Midwest
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252078217
SKU
V9780252078217
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About Jesus Ramirez-Valles
Jesus Ramirez-Valles is a professor of community health sciences at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Reviews for Companeros
Received first place in the Best Health Book - English category in the Latino Literacy Now's International Latino Book Awards. “In this lucid and compelling book, Ramirez-Valles argues that community involvement, in this case related to the HIV epidemic, creates social change while simultaneously nourishing the self of those involved. The argument is sustained through the voices of ... Read more