Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1986) Winner
Cindy Patton
しんでぃ・ぱっとん
Shindi Patton
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956-02-12
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- United States → Canada
Career
- Occupations
- sociologist, historian, professor
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- Temple University, Emory University, Simon Fraser University
- Nominations
- Nominated for Lambda Literary Award in 1991 (Inventing AIDS)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of Massachusetts | — | — | — | — | United States |
Appalachian State University
Country:
United States
Harvard University
Country:
United States
University of Massachusetts
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Stonewall Book Award | Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS | — | American Library Association | Won |
Stonewall Book Award
1986
Work:
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS
1985 SociologyExplores the politics of AIDS.
AIDSPoliticsSex
Inventing AIDS
1990 SociologyExamines the social construction of AIDS.
AIDSSocial ConstructionHealth Policy
Globalizing AIDS
2002 SociologyAnalyzes the global impact of AIDS.
GlobalizationAIDSHealth
Bibliography
- Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS (1985)
- Making It: A Woman's Guide to Sex in the Age of AIDS (1987, with Janis Kelly)
- Inventing AIDS (1990)
- Women and AIDS (1993)
- Last Served?: Gendering the HIV Pandemic (1994)
- Fatal Advice: How Safe-Sex Education Went Wrong (1996)
- Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film (1997)
- Queer Diasporas (2000, edited with Benigno Sánchez-Eppler)
- Globalizing AIDS (2002)
- Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film (2007)
- Global Science/Women's Health (2008, edited with Helen Loshny)
- Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care (2010, edited)
- L.A. Plays Itself / Boys In The Sand: A Queer Film Classic (Queer Film Classics) (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Academic analysis based on critical theoryQualitative research review
- Recurring Motifs
- AIDS crisisGender and sexualityQueer diasporasHealth policy
Legacy
American sociologist and historian specializing in the history of the AIDS epidemic. Former faculty at Temple and Emory Universities, currently at Simon Fraser University where she held the Canada Research Chair.