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1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations. |
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Living out: gay and lesbian autobiographies |
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Living out.
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| Summary |
"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"--Publisher's description. |
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"Suggested readings": pages 302-304. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
I Paris 3 -- II Roots, Baby 55 -- III New York 71 -- IV Paris, de nouveau 96 -- V New York, de novo 143 -- VI Paris, enfin 154 -- VII New York 169 -- VIII New York, Still 189 -- IX London 199 -- X Paris, avant tout 202 -- XI New York 208 -- XII New York 219 -- XIII New York, Round 27 232 -- XIV New Orleans 238 -- XV Amsterdam 242 -- XVI Paris 245 -- XVII New York 256 -- XVIII Paris 256 -- XIX New York 263 -- XX Vietnam 272 -- XXI New York 279. |
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D'Adesky, Anne-Christine -- Travel -- New York (State) -- New York.
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D'Adesky, Anne-Christine -- Travel -- France -- Paris.
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D'Adesky, Anne-Christine.
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D'Adesky, Anne-Christine. (OCoLC)fst01512888
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Women political activists -- Biography.
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AIDS activists -- Biography.
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Lesbian activists -- Biography.
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Women journalists -- Biography.
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HIV-positive persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- history.
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Dissent and Disputes.
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AIDS activists. (OCoLC)fst00794022
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Women political activists. (OCoLC)fst01178374
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Lesbian political activists.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Lesbian autobiographies.
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LGBTQ+ autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: D'Adesky, Anne-Christine. Pox lover. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017] 9780299311100 (DLC) 2016049004 (OCoLC)962140877 |
| ISBN |
9780299311186 (electronic book) |
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029931118X (electronic book) |
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