Institutionalization of marginality and AIDS: Living outside the mainstream
by Ramharak, Colleen A., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI, 2010, 63 pages; 1487437

Abstract:

When the HIV/AIDS virus was first recognized three decades ago, a social response of alarm, rejection and intolerance soon followed the pandemic. HIV and AIDS is here in the United States and it is devastating communities all over the nation. It is integral to acknowledge HIV/AIDS and the populations that are most affected by this disease, for without, thousands will perish, which is unacceptable in a nation filled with wealth and opportunity. Many Americans are oblivious to HIV/AIDS in the United States because they do not see it. For many people, a marginalized population is an invisible population. Throughout this thesis, marginality is examined as a process which develops and evolves with time, a process which is dynamic and capable of reinforcing and reproducing states of marginality which fosters behaviors that often result in the acquisition of HIV/AIDS.

 
AdviserKamel Ghozzi
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
SourceMAI/ 49-03, p. , Jan 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsSocial structure
Publication Number1487437
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