The Pox Lover : : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / / Anne-christine d'Adesky.
The Pox Lover is a personal history of the turbulent 1990s in New York City and Paris by a pioneering American AIDS journalist, lesbian activist, and daughter of French-Haitian elites. In an account that is by turns searing, hectic, and funny, Anne-christine d'Adesky remembers 'the poxed g...
Saved in:
VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Place / Publishing House: | Madison, Wisconsin : : The University of Wisconsin Press,, [2017] ©[2017] |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies
|
Physical Description: | 1 online resource:; illustrations |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
993618710904498 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(CKB)5680000000323790 (OCoLC)1001810269 (MdBmJHUP)musev2_113339 (EXLCZ)995680000000323790 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine, author. The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / Anne-christine d'Adesky. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017] ©[2017] 1 online resource: illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies Description based on print version record. The Pox Lover is a personal history of the turbulent 1990s in New York City and Paris by a pioneering American AIDS journalist, lesbian activist, and daughter of French-Haitian elites. In an account that is by turns searing, hectic, and funny, Anne-christine d'Adesky remembers 'the poxed generation' of AIDS -- their lives, their battles, and their determination to find love and make art in the heartbreaking years before lifesaving protease drugs arrived. D'Adesky takes us through a fast-changing East Village: squatter protests and civil disobedience lead to all-night drag and art-dance parties, the fun-loving Lesbian Avengers organize dyke marches, and the protest group ACT UP stages public funerals. Traveling as a journalist to Paris, an insomniac d'Adesky trolls the Seine, encountering waves of exiles fleeing violence in the Balkans, Haiti, and Rwanda. As the last of the French Nazis stand trial and the new National Front rises in the polls, d'Adesky digs into her aristocratic family's roots in Vichy France and colonial Haiti. This is a testament with a message for every generation: grab at life and love, connect with others, fight for justice, keep despair at bay, and remember. Women political activists. fast (OCoLC)fst01178374 Journalists. fast (OCoLC)fst00984188 AIDS activists. fast (OCoLC)fst00794022 Femmes activistes Biographies. Dissent and Disputes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history Journalists Biography. AIDS activists Biography. Women political activists Biography. D'Adesky, Anne-Christine. fast (OCoLC)fst01512888 D'Adesky, Anne-Christine D'Adesky, Anne-Christine. Autobiography. Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896 Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894 Autobiography 0-299-31110-4 |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine, |
spellingShingle |
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine, The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies |
author_facet |
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine, |
author_variant |
a c d acd |
author_role |
VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
D'Adesky, Anne-Christine, |
title |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / |
title_sub |
An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / |
title_full |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / Anne-christine d'Adesky. |
title_fullStr |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / Anne-christine d'Adesky. |
title_full_unstemmed |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / Anne-christine d'Adesky. |
title_auth |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / |
title_new |
The Pox Lover : |
title_sort |
the pox lover : an activist's decade in new york and paris / |
series |
Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies |
series2 |
Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies |
publisher |
The University of Wisconsin Press, |
publishDate |
2017 |
physical |
1 online resource: illustrations |
isbn |
0-299-31118-X 0-299-31110-4 |
genre |
Autobiography. Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896 Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894 Autobiography |
genre_facet |
Biographies. Biography. Autobiography. Autobiographies. Autobiography |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
oclc_num |
1001810269 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT dadeskyannechristine thepoxloveranactivistsdecadeinnewyorkandparis AT dadeskyannechristine poxloveranactivistsdecadeinnewyorkandparis |
status_str |
c |
ids_txt_mv |
(CKB)5680000000323790 (OCoLC)1001810269 (MdBmJHUP)musev2_113339 (EXLCZ)995680000000323790 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
is_hierarchy_title |
The Pox Lover : An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris / |
_version_ |
1796653324463767552 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03036cam a22005054a 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">993618710904498</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20231016231042.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr||||||||nn|n</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">170824s2017 wiu o 00 0 eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0-299-31118-X</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CKB)5680000000323790</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1001810269</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(MdBmJHUP)musev2_113339</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EXLCZ)995680000000323790</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MdBmJHUP</subfield><subfield code="c">MdBmJHUP</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">D'Adesky, Anne-Christine,</subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">The Pox Lover :</subfield><subfield code="b">An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris /</subfield><subfield code="c">Anne-christine d'Adesky.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Madison, Wisconsin :</subfield><subfield code="b">The University of Wisconsin Press,</subfield><subfield code="c">[2017]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©[2017]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource:</subfield><subfield code="b">illustrations</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on print version record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">The Pox Lover is a personal history of the turbulent 1990s in New York City and Paris by a pioneering American AIDS journalist, lesbian activist, and daughter of French-Haitian elites. In an account that is by turns searing, hectic, and funny, Anne-christine d'Adesky remembers 'the poxed generation' of AIDS -- their lives, their battles, and their determination to find love and make art in the heartbreaking years before lifesaving protease drugs arrived. D'Adesky takes us through a fast-changing East Village: squatter protests and civil disobedience lead to all-night drag and art-dance parties, the fun-loving Lesbian Avengers organize dyke marches, and the protest group ACT UP stages public funerals. Traveling as a journalist to Paris, an insomniac d'Adesky trolls the Seine, encountering waves of exiles fleeing violence in the Balkans, Haiti, and Rwanda. As the last of the French Nazis stand trial and the new National Front rises in the polls, d'Adesky digs into her aristocratic family's roots in Vichy France and colonial Haiti. This is a testament with a message for every generation: grab at life and love, connect with others, fight for justice, keep despair at bay, and remember.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Women political activists.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01178374</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Journalists.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst00984188</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">AIDS activists.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst00794022</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Femmes activistes</subfield><subfield code="v">Biographies.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="2" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Dissent and Disputes</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="1" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome</subfield><subfield code="x">history</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Journalists</subfield><subfield code="v">Biography.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">AIDS activists</subfield><subfield code="v">Biography.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Women political activists</subfield><subfield code="v">Biography.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">D'Adesky, Anne-Christine.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01512888</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">D'Adesky, Anne-Christine</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">D'Adesky, Anne-Christine.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Autobiography.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Biographies.</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01919896</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Autobiographies.</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01919894</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Autobiography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">0-299-31110-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="906" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">BOOK</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="ADM" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">2024-03-13 02:19:21 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="f">system</subfield><subfield code="c">marc21</subfield><subfield code="a">2023-08-12 21:34:04 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="g">false</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="AVE" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="i">DOAB Directory of Open Access Books</subfield><subfield code="P">DOAB Directory of Open Access Books</subfield><subfield code="x">https://eu02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/43ACC_OEAW/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&portfolio_pid=5347792080004498&Force_direct=true</subfield><subfield code="Z">5347792080004498</subfield><subfield code="b">Available</subfield><subfield code="8">5347792080004498</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |