Women Resisting AIDS Feminist Strategies of Empowerment

Summary: "It is unfortunate that [the authors] targeted their new anthology...primarily at professional caregivers and researchers. The general audience that will be put off by the book's dense academic prose...are the people who would most benefit from it's woman's-eye view of the epidemic...The book is a valuable record of women's contributions to AIDS organizing...So little is written on women and HIV/AIDS that the appeara...nce of any book on the subject seems noteworthy. While making a significant contribution to the literature, 'Women Resisting AIDS' also casts a long shadow on what is not there, revealing by their absence the voices and visions we still need to hear." [read more]