The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robin Hardy, David Groff
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2418608
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0395745446
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1969792
UPC: 046442745444
EAN: 9780395745441
ASIN: 0395745446
Publication Date: May 21, 1999
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With eloquent passion, Robin Hardy writes of the gay man's struggle to maintain power over his health, his body, and his sexuality in the face of a devastating epidemic. Building on the work of books like Paul Monette's Borrowed Time and Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On, The Crisis of Desire combines memoir and social critique in a forward-looking appeal to gay men to accept "the mortal risk of loving." Historically, AIDS forced gay men into a defensive position that devastated their community and their sense of themselves. Today, whether they are fighting for health care or exploring their sexuality, gay men are constrained by society and the government--and also by their own estrangement from the pre-AIDS era of sexual possibility. Because HIV is more manageable for many, the issues of sexual health, responsibility, and sexual empowerment are more vital than ever. A fresh and persuasive call in an urgent debate, The Crisis of Desire is a return to the Stonewall legacy, a bold commitment to connections based on truth, human care, and the sexual authenticity of the individual.
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Reality Is Not Acceptance, But Rage. July 25, 2008
I have read this book and realized that this is the most brutal honest book that I have ever read on the AIDS Crisis. The problem of informing people who are not PWA's or Gay( Such as myself)is that you sometimes do not get the full picture. However, this is a little known gem that should be read by anyone that has to involuntarily change there lifestyle and bury so many friends in such a short time.
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