1st Edition

HIV/AIDS in India Voices from the Margins

By Sunita Manian Copyright 2017
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

India ranks third in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally. The country has high levels of poverty and inequality, poor healthcare infrastructure, especially away from the metropolitan areas, and a legacy of colonialism that bequeathed laws criminalizing non-heteronormative sexualities. These factors mean that many minority groups do not receive adequate access to preventative and... Read more

1. Introduction: Chronicle of a Disease Foretold



2. Non-Heteronormative Desire: Then and Now



3. My Life is Nothing But a Question Mark: Stories of Sexual Minorities



4. One Foot in the River, One Foot in the Mud: The Perils of Living a Double-Life



5. Changing Status of Non-conjugal Heterosexuality in India



6. Take Our Truth to the World: Challenges and Aspirations of Sex-Workers



7. There is was no Wrongdoing on my Part, Sister: Shame, Stigma among Women Living with HIV/AIDS



8. Should we Not Live a Life? HIV Positive Women’s Tales of Hope and Survival



9. The Way Forward: Advocacy and Change

Biography

Sunita Manian is Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Liberal Studies at Georgia College and State University, USA.