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By Peter Lewis Allen. 193 pp., illustrated. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2000. $25. ISBN 0-226-01460-6.

Shortly after his partner of five years was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1982, the author found himself besieged and bewildered by public attitudes toward persons with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). As the death toll mounted, neither the "uncanny silence" of the uninvolved nor the vehement castigation of the self-righteous appeared to constitute an effective response to limit the spread of the illness, to understand its mechanisms, or to prolong life for those afflicted.

This book arises in seemingly equal parts from Allen's bafflement over societal views and his scholarly intuition that such sentiments must be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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