EnGendering AIDS

Tamsin Wilton is Senior Lecturer in Health and Policy Studies at the University of the West of England. Her recent publications include Finger-Licking Good: The Ins and Outs of Lesbian Sex (1996), and Lesbian Studies: Setting an Agenda (1995).

`This is a book which will be of use to all people engaged in AIDS work, at whatever level. Health promotion in the context of safer sex is a monumental task. Gender is one of the most significant factors contributing to continued epidemic growth. To make the healthier choice the easier choice demands no less than the eradication of the institution of male supremacy. Wilton′s book goes a long way in ullustrating how and why this is simply an imperative′ - Psychology in Society`It is a valuable source book for further materialand in many respects provides a model for work where high theory can serve the need for health professionals to understand how the production and reproduction of health promotion materials and practices may be read′ - Medical Sociology News`Written as an analysis of HIV/AIDS and gender, Tamsin Wilton makes a thought provoking examination of their reference to safer sex health promotion and health education discourse. As the basis for her examination she takes a queer/feminist constructionist position and uses this viewpoint to consider issues of power, gender, sexuality and nationalism and their relationship with effective and radical HIV/AIDS health promotion strategy. The scope of her work draws on experience from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the USA.′ Journal of Advanced Nursing′An original and stimulating analysis on gender and AIDS....This is an important book.′ Business Standard′The author asses safer sex health promotion and health education discourse and considers their unintended consequences for the cultural construction of gender and sexuality. She links the issues of power, gender, sexuality and nationalism in an attempt to offer a sound theoretical foundation for an effective and radical HIV/AIDS health promotion strategy.′ CAB ABSTRACTS

• IntroductionA Note on TerminologySex, Texts, PowerA Sexed and Gendered DesireObstacles to Sexual SafetyLook after YourselfHIV/AIDS Health Education and PromotionQueen of the Fountain of LoveGender, Disease and DeathWhatever Turns You OnSafer Sex PromotionNowhere ManRepresentation, Resistance and CommunityAction = Life