Power in the Blood

Contents: Introduction. Part I: The Political: Introductory Perspectives.W.N. Elwood, Burden of Sin: Transmitting Messages and Viruses in a Stigmatized Plague. K.A. Clark, Pink Water: The Archetype of Blood and the Pool of Infinite Contagion. M.J. Sobnosky, E. Hauser, Initiating or Avoiding Activism: Red Ribbons, Pink Triangles, and Public Argument About AIDS. C.B. McCoy, C. Miles, L.R. Metsch, The Medicalization of Discourse Within an AIDS Research Setting. Part II: The Civic: Campaigns and Policy.V.S. Nelson, The Reagan Administration's Response to AIDS: Conservative Argument and Conflict. K.M. German, J.L. Courtright, Politically Privileged Voices: Glaser and Fisher Address the 1992 Presidential Nominating Conventions. M.S. McKinney, B.G. Pepper, From Hope to Heartbreak: Bill Clinton and the Rhetoric of AIDS. R.A. Slagle, Scapegoating and Political Discourse: Representative Robert Dornan's Legislation of Morality Through HIV/AIDS. Part III: The Intrapersonal: Individuals and Behavior.S.J. Stevens, J.G. Bogart, Reducing HIV Risk Behaviors of Drug-Involved Women: Social, Economic, Medical, and Legal Constraints. W.N. Elwood, M.L. Williams, The Politics of Silence: Communicative Rules and HIV Prevention Issues in Gay Male Bathhouses. A. Estrada, G.A. Quintero, Redefining Categories of Risk and Identity: The Appropriation of AIDS Prevention Information and Constructions of Risk. K.A. Cameron, K. Witte, S. Nzyuko, Perceptions of Condoms and Barriers to Condom Use Along the Trans-Africa Highway in Kenya. Part IV: The Interpersonal: Relations Among Individuals.D.M. Harney, Lesbians on the Frontline: Battling AIDS, Gays, and the Myth of Community. M.R. Weeks, M. Grier, K. Radda, D. McKinley, AIDS and Social Relations of Power: Urban African-American Women's Discourse on the Contexts of Risk and Prevention. G.A. Yep, M. Pietri, In Their Own Words: Communication and the Politics of HIV Education for Transgenders and Transsexuals in Los Angeles. Y. Kellar-Guenther, The Power of Romance: Changing the Focus of AIDS Education Messages. L. Bennett, M. Travers, Stigma, Secrecy, and Isolation: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women in an Australian Study. P.J. Svenkerud, N. Rao, E.M. Rogers, Mass Media Effects Through Interpersonal Communication: The Role of "Twende na Wakati" on the Adoption of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Tanzania. Part V: The Public: Perspectives on Mass-Mediated Communication. T.N. Walters, L.M. Walters, S.H. Priest, Life on the Edge of the Precipice: Information Subsidy and the Rise of AIDS as a Public Issue, 1983-1989. B. Haller, AIDS as a Legally Defined Disability: Implications From News Media Coverage. K.B. Wright, AIDS, the Status Quo, and the Elite Media: An Analysis of the Guest Lists of "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour" and "Nightline." T.N. Walters, L.M. Walters, S.H. Priest, What We Say and How We Say It: The Influence of Psychosocial Characteristics and Message Content of HIV/AIDS Public Service Announcements. Part VI: The Programmatic: Relations Between People and Institutions. P.A. Gaist, AIDS Information and the National Institutes of Health. W.N. Elwood, Difference and Identification: Reconsidering the Indigenous Outreach Worker Model. L.K. Fuller, Media Manipulations and the AIDS/Breastfeeding Issue. M.C. Donovan, A Tough Sell: The Political Logic of Federal Needle-Exchange Policy. K. Greene, B. Cassidy, Ethical Choices Regarding Noncompliance: Prescribing Protease Inhibitors for HIV-Infected Female Adolescents. T.M. Steinfatt, J. Mielke, Communicating Danger: The Politics of AIDS in the Mekong Region. Part VII: The Synthesis: Conclusions and Projections. E.M. Rogers, C.L. Shefner-Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations and HIV/AIDS Prevention Research. W.N. Elwood, Victories to Win: Communicating HIV/AIDS Prevention and Tolerance.