{"product_id":"the-pox-lover-an-activists-decade-in-new-york-and-paris-9780299311100","title":"The Pox Lover: An Activist's Decade in New York and Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pox Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal history of the turbulent 1990s in New York City and Paris by a pioneering American AIDS journalist, lesbian activist, and daughter of French-Haitian elites. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an account that is by turns searing, hectic, and funny, Anne-Christine d'Adesky remembers \"the poxed generation\" of their lives, their battles, and their determination to find love and make art in the heartbreaking years before lifesaving protease drugs arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD'Adesky takes us through a fast-changing East Village: squatter protests and civil disobedience lead to all-night drag and art-dance parties, the fun-loving Lesbian Avengers organize dyke marches, and the protest group ACT UP stages public funerals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraveling as a journalist to Paris, an insomniac d'Adesky trolls the Seine, encountering waves of exiles fleeing violence in the Balkans, Haiti, and Rwanda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the last of the French Nazis stand trial and the new National Front rises in the polls, d'Adesky digs into her aristocratic family's roots in Vichy France, and colonial Haiti. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a testament to a message for every generation: grab at life and love, connect with others, fight for justice, keep despair at bay, and remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Christine D'Adesky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299311100\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne-christine d'Adesky is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker who reported on the global AIDS epidemic for New York Native, OUT, The Nation, and The Village Voice. She received the first Award of Courage from amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. She was an early member of ACT UP and cofounder of the Lesbian Avengers. Her books include Beyond Shock: Charting the Landscape of Sexual Violence in Post-Quake Haiti, Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS, and a novel set in post-Duvalier Haiti, Under the Bone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40171874779251,"sku":"0299311104","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_472bdd89-6797-4167-b1b8-7f28ab9fb7d2.jpg?v=1655212362","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-pox-lover-an-activists-decade-in-new-york-and-paris-9780299311100","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}