{"product_id":"9780199944972","title":"The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor young gay men who came of age in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV\/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear, hardship, and loss. Those who were diagnosed before 1996 suffered an exceptionally high rate of mortality, and the survivors — both the infected individuals and those close to them — today constitute a \"bravest generation\" in American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience examines the strategies for survival and coping employed by these HIV-positive gay men, who together constitute the first generation of long-term survivors of the disease. Through interviews conducted by the author, it narrates the stories of gay men who have survived since the early days of the epidemic; documents and delineates the strategies and behaviors enacted by men of this generation to survive it; and examines the extent to which these approaches to survival inform and are informed by the broad body of literature on resilience and health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories and strategies detailed here, all used to combat the profound physical, emotional, and social challenges faced by those in the crosshairs of the AIDS epidemic, provide a gateway for understanding how individuals cope with chronic and life-threatening diseases. Halkitis takes readers on a journey of first-hand data collection (the interviews themselves), the popular culture representations of these phenomena, and his own experiences as one of the men of the AIDS generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis riveting account will be of interest to health practitioners and historians throughout the clinical and social sciences — or to anyone with an interest in this important chapter in social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover photo courtesy of Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016645230832,"sku":"9780199944972","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199944972_p0.jpg?v=1763674050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199944972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}