AIDS: Social Representations And Social Practices Social Representations And Social Practices

First Published in 1989. In November 1987, the second U K Conference on Social Aspects of AIDS took place at the Polytechnic of the South Bank in London. This brought together a wide range of researchers with an interest in examining the social dimensions of HIV infection and AIDS. Amongst those present were educationalists, psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as representatives from statutory and voluntary sector organizations providing services for those affected by AIDS. This book contains many of the papers given at the conference as well as a number of additional contributions.

Chapter 1 AIDS, Jeffrey Weeks; Chapter 2 One Epidemic or Three?, Ronald Frankenberg; Chapter 3 Undergraduates’ Beliefs and Attitudes about AIDS, Stephen Clift, David Stears; Chapter 4 The Subject of AIDS, Simon Watney; Chapter 5 Perverts, Inverts and Experts, Horton Meyrick, Peter Aggleton; Chapter 6 Making Sense of a Precipice, David Silverman; Chapter 7 Gay Men’s Sexual Behaviour in Response to AIDS — Insights and Problems, Ray Fitzpatrick, Mary Boulton, Graham Hart; Chapter 8 Some Notes on the Structure of Homosexual Acts, Peter Davies; Chapter 9 HIV and the Injecting Drug User, Graham Hart; Chapter 10 Methods of Drug Use, Robert Power; Chapter 11 Syringe-Exchange Schemes in England and Scotland, Gerry V. Stirnson, Lindsey Alldritt, Kate Dolan, Martin Donoghue; Chapter 12 Injecting Drug Use and HIV Infection — Intervention Strategies for Harm Minimization, Geraldine Mulleady, Graham Hart, Peter Aggleton; Chapter 13 Marginalized Groups and Health Education About HIV Infection and AIDS, Tina Wisemen; Chapter 14 Evaluating Health Education about AIDS, Peter Aggleton; Chapter 15 Resistance and the Erotic, Cindy Patton; Chapter 16 Reading AIDS, Jan Zita Grover;

Peter Aggleton Goldsmiths' College, University of London; Peter Davies South Bank University, London. Graham Hart.