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

Jolivétte, Andrew, 1975-

Indian Blood : HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community / Andrew J. Jolivette. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xvi, 157 pages) - Indigenous confluences .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Indian blood : two-spirit return in the face of colonial haunting -- Two-spirit cultural dissolution : HIV and healing among mixed-race American Indians -- Historical and intergenerational trauma and radical love -- Gender and racial discrimination against mixed-race American Indian two-spirits -- Mixed-race identity, cognitive dissonance, and public health -- Sexual violence and transformative ancestor spirits -- Stress coping in urban Indian kinship networks -- Two-spirit return : intergenerational healing and cultural leadership among mixed-race American Indians.

"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"--Provided by publisher.



9780295998497

2021692742


Two-spirit people--Social conditions.--California--San Francisco
Indian gays--Social conditions.--California--San Francisco
Racially mixed people--Social conditions.--California--San Francisco
Racially mixed people--Ethnic identity.--California--San Francisco
HIV-positive gay men--Social conditions.--California--San Francisco
Public health--California--San Francisco.
Indians of North America--Colonization--Social aspects.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects--United States.
Intergenerational relations--United States.
Indians of North America.
Social history.
HIV Infections--epidemiology
Indians, North American
Interpersonal Relations
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Social Conditions


Electronic Books.

E98 / .I535 2016