A crisis of meaning : how gay men are making sense of AIDS
by
 
Schwartzberg, Steven.

Title
A crisis of meaning : how gay men are making sense of AIDS

Author
Schwartzberg, Steven.

ISBN
9780195096279

Personal Author
Schwartzberg, Steven.

Publication Information
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Physical Description
ix, 267 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
1. A Crisis of Meaning -- 2. Meaning: The Perennial Quest -- 3. Representations of HIV and AIDS: The Building Blocks of Meaning -- 4. Transformation: A Journey of Growth -- 5. Rupture: The Shattering of Meaning -- 6. Camouflage: The Fine Line of Self-Deception -- 7. Impassivity: Minimizing the Trauma -- 8. Living with Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Questions of Mortality -- 9. Coping, Changing, Growing -- 10. Grief and Hope -- Epilogue: The Current Moment -- Appendix A. The Men in the Study -- Appendix B. Research Data.

Subject Term
AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects.
 
Gay men -- Diseases.
 
Adjustment (Psychology)


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