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Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community

Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community

Jolivétte, Andrew J.

Hardcover

Series: Indigenous Confluences

Public HealthNative American HistoryGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0295998075
ISBN13: 9780295998077
Publisher: Univ Of Washington Pr
Published: Jun 1 2016
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Lammy Award in LGBTQ Studies

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.

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