A Neighborhood Divided : : Community Resistance to an AIDS Care Facility / / Jane Balin.

When a nursing facility for AIDS patients is planned for a city neighborhood, residents might be expected to respond, "Not in my backyard." But, as Jane Balin recounts in A Neighborhood Divided, when that community is known for its racial and ethnic diversity and liberal attitudes, public...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1999
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Neighborhood and the Sociologist
  • 2. West Highland: From a Colonial Village to an Urban Middle-Class Neighborhood
  • 3. AIDS Moves into the Neighborhood
  • 4. Taking Sides
  • 5. Status Group Conflicts, Symbols, and Politics
  • 6. The Sounds of Silence
  • 7. AIDS and Community: Some Policy Proposals and Conclusions
  • Index