Indian blood : HIV and colonial trauma in San Francisco's two-spirit community / Andrew J. Jolivette.
By: Joliv�ette, Andrew [author.].
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BookPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (175 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780295998497 (e-book).Subject(s): Two-spirit people -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions | Indian gays -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions | Racially mixed people -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions | Racially mixed people -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity | HIV-positive gay men -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions | Public health -- California -- San Francisco | Indians of North America -- Colonization -- Social aspects | Psychic trauma -- Social aspects -- United States | Intergenerational relations -- United States | San Francisco (Calif.) -- Ethnic relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.8009794/61 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Indian blood : two-spirit return in the face of colonial haunting -- Two-spirit cultural dissolution : HIV and healing among mixed-race American Indians -- Historical and intergenerational trauma and radical love -- Gender and racial discrimination against mixed-race American Indian two-spirits -- Mixed-race identity, cognitive dissonance, and public health -- Sexual violence and transformative ancestor spirits -- Stress coping in urban Indian kinship networks -- Two-spirit return : intergenerational healing and cultural leadership among mixed-race American Indians.
"The first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ 'two-spirit' identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity. Prior to contact with European settlers, most Native American tribes held their two-spirit members in high esteem, even considering them spiritually advanced. However, after contact--and religious conversion--attitudes changed and social and cultural support networks were ruptured. This discrimination led to a breakdown in traditional values, beliefs, and practices, which in turn pushed many two-spirit members to participate in high-risk behaviors. The result is a disproportionate number of two-spirit members who currently test positive for HIV. Using surveys, focus groups, and community discussions to examine the experiences of HIV-positive members of San Francisco's two-spirit community, Indian Blood provides an innovative approach to understanding how colonization continues to affect American Indian communities and opens a series of crucial dialogues in the fields of Native American studies, public health, queer studies, and critical mixed-race studies"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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