Troubling The Angels : Women Living With Hiv/aids

Educator Patti Lather and psychologist Chris Smithies observed and chronicled support groups for women diagnosed with HIV. Whether black, Latina, poor, or middle class, the women in these groups share the common bond of living with HIV/AIDS, and they describe how it affects their lives in terms full of practical reality and moving poignancy, as they fight the disease, accept, reflect, live and die with and in it. This book explores the cultural meanings and social ramifications of the experiences and understandings of women in the United States, especially poor African American and Latina urban women who live with HIV/AIDS, aiming to educate and inspire women with HIV/AIDS to advocate for themselves.