The Life and Death of ACT Up/La: Anti-AIDS Activism in Los Angeles from the 1980s to the 2000s

ISBN-13: 9781107106314 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 260 str.

Benita Roth

Opis

This book examines ACT UP/LA and their activities protesting against government neglect of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s.

Recenzje

'Thoroughly researched by author Benita Roth, she offers a fresh perspective and respect for the rebellious and historical work done by the men and women of ACT UP.' Bill Bliss, Rage Monthly

Spis treści

1. Anti-AIDS activism in the 1980s and 1990s; 2. Beginning, building, and being ACT UP/LA; 3. Battling for women's issues and women's visibility in ACT UP/LA; 4. Intersectional crises in ACT UP/LA; 5. Demobilization: ACT UP/LA in the years 1992–7; 6. From streets to suits: the inside(r)s and outside(r)s of ACT UP/LA; 7. Looking back on the life and death of ACT UP/LA.