Indian Blood : HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community

Indian Blood : HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community /

"The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ 'two-spirit' identification as it relates to public health and mixed-...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Jolivétte, Andrew, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016
Subjects:
Two-spirit people > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Indian gay people > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Racially mixed people > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Racially mixed people > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
HIV-positive gay men > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Public health > California > San Francisco.
Indians of North America > Colonization > Social aspects.
Psychic trauma > Social aspects > United States.
Intergenerational relations > United States.
HIV Infections > epidemiology.
Indians, North American.
Interpersonal Relations.
Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Social Conditions.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
California.
San Francisco.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:"The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ 'two-spirit' identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity. Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced. However, after contact--and religious conversion--attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured. This discrimination led to a breakdown in traditional values, beliefs, and practices, which in turn pushed many two-spirit members to participate in high-risk behaviors. The result is a disproportionate number of two-spirit members who currently test positive for HIV. Using surveys, focus groups, and community discussions to examine the experiences of HIV-positive members of San Francisco's two-spirit community, Indian Blood provides an innovative approach to understanding how colonization continues to affect American Indian communities and opens a series of crucial dialogues in the fields of Native American studies, public health, queer studies, and critical mixed-race studies"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 157 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index.
ISBN:9780295998497
0295998490
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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