AIDS & HIV Books

New and Published Books

1. New Directions in Feminism and Human Rights

   Edited by Dana Collins, Sylvanna Falcon, Sharmila Lodhia, Molly Talcott

   On the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, feminists are at a critical juncture to re-envision and re-engage in a politics of human rights. Interdisciplinary feminist conversations among scholar-activists can both challenge and enrich new directions in feminism and...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. AIDS Literature and Gay Identity

   The Literature of Loss

   By Monica Pearl

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   This book discusses the significance of late twentieth century and early twenty first century American fiction written in response to the AIDS crisis and interrogates how sexual identity is depicted and constructed textually. Pearl develops Freudian psychoanalytic theory in a complex account of the...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
3. Social Development and Social Work

   Learning from Africa

   Edited by Alice Butterfield, Tasse Abye

   Africa has a long experience with reducing poverty and vulnerability. In the contemporary period, social development and social work are at the forefront of dealing with abject poverty and some of the world’s most difficult problems. This book brings research in Africa to the forefront so that...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. Mobility, Sexuality and AIDS

   Edited by Felicity Thomas, Mary Haour-Knipe, Peter Aggleton

   Series: Sexuality, Culture and Health

   Over the past two decades, population mobility has intensified and become more diverse, raising important questions concerning the health and well-being of people who are mobile as well as communities of origin and destination. Ongoing concerns have been voiced about possible links between...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights

   Edited by Peter Aggleton, Richard Parker

   The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of research on sexuality as the social sciences have worked to find new ways of understanding a rapidly changing world. Growing concern for issues such as population, women's and men's reproductive health, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic, has since...

   Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. HIV/AIDS in China - The Economic and Social Determinants

   By Dylan Sutherland, Jennifer Y.J. Hsu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   South and East Asia may well become the epicentres of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than three-quarters of a million people are now estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in China. In 2009, AIDS had already become the leading cause of death by infectious disease. Yet, even despite China’s recent...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. Women, Children, and Addiction

   Edited by Loretta Finnegan, Stephen Kandall

   This proposed book draws on the expertise of 35 experts in the field of Addiction Medicine to provide the reader with a current and comprehensive view of addiction as related to women, pregnancy, newborns, infants and children. The volume begins by placing current attitudes towards addicted women...

   Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge
8. Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Assa Doron, Alex Broom

   Series: Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series

   Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides...

   Published August 10th 2010 by Routledge
9. International Perspectives on Women and HIV

   Edited by Samuel A MacMaster, Brian E Bride, CINDY DAVIS

   Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV...

   Published July 9th 2009 by Routledge
10. Governance of HIV/AIDS

    Making Participation and Accountability Count

    Edited by Sophie Harman, Franklyn Lisk

    Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

    Nearly thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, confusion over effective mechanisms of controlling and eradicating the illness remain prevalent. This book highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to governance, as responses to HIV/AIDS become increasingly focused upon the health...

    Published July 2nd 2009 by Routledge