Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds

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Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City Studies in Medical Anthropology Edited by Mac Marshall Advisory Board William Dressler Sue E. Estroff Peter Guarnaccia Alan Harwood Craig R. Janes Sharon Kaufman Lynn Morgan Catherine Panter-Brick Stacy Leigh Pigg Lorna Rhodes RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ S A B R I N A M A R I E C H A S E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Chase, Sabrina Marie. Surviving HIV/AIDS in the inner city : how resourceful Latinas beat the odds / Sabrina Marie Chase. p. ; cm. — (Studies in medical anthropology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–4892–0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–4937–8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. HIV-positive women—New Jersey—Newark—Case studies. 2. AIDS (Disease) in women—New Jersey—Newark—Case studies. 3. Puerto Rican women—Diseases— New Jersey—Newark—Case studies. 1. Title. 11. Series: Studies in medical anthropology. [DNLM: 1. HIV Infections—ethnology—New Jersey. 2. HIV Infections—psychology— New Jersey. 3. Healthcare Disparities—New Jersey. 4. Hispanic Americans— psychology—New Jersey. 5. Urban Health Services—New Jersey. 6. Women’s Health—ethnology—New Jersey. WC 503.7 C487s 2011] RA643.84.N49C43 2011 362.196⬘979200974932—dc22 2010013762 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2011 by Sabrina Marie Chase All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America The cover photograph, which depicts a model, is used for illustrative purposes only. For Nini ...