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Damaged Goods?
Adina Nack
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Description for Damaged Goods?
Paperback. How do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV (human papillomavirus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? This title describes how women are affected by living with chronic STDs and reveals the stages of their sexual self-transformation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
How do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV (human papilloma virus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? Adina Nack, a medical sociologist who specializes in sexual health and social psychology, conducted in-depth interviews with 43 women about their identities and sexuality in regards to chronic illness. The result is a fascinating book about an issue that affects over 15 million Americans, but is all too little discussed. Damaged Goods adds to our knowledge of how women are affected by living with chronic STDs and reveals the stages of their ... Read more
How do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV (human papilloma virus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? Adina Nack, a medical sociologist who specializes in sexual health and social psychology, conducted in-depth interviews with 43 women about their identities and sexuality in regards to chronic illness. The result is a fascinating book about an issue that affects over 15 million Americans, but is all too little discussed. Damaged Goods adds to our knowledge of how women are affected by living with chronic STDs and reveals the stages of their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592137084
SKU
V9781592137084
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99-50
About Adina Nack
Adina Nack is Associate Professor of Sociology at California Lutheran University and has been involved with sexual health education for more than a decade as an outreach worker, health educator, researcher, as well as a professor of sexuality studies. She is a member of Ventura County's HIV/AIDS Coalition and, for several years has been the organizer of the county's World ... Read more
Reviews for Damaged Goods?
"Damaged Goods extends major ideas about stigma and links them to women's sexual selves. It makes the most explicit links that I have seen between sexually transmitted disease and how women construct and reconstruct their sexual selves and does so in an engaging, accessible way. Nack's emphasis on how these women see themselves as sexual beings is particularly strong. She ... Read more