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Baez, Luciano. Above and under the surface: needle exchange debates and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Newark, New Jersey. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-57bx-0t88

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TitleAbove and under the surface: needle exchange debates and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Newark, New Jersey
NameBaez, Luciano (author); Stewart-Winter, Timothy (chair); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-05 (degree)
SubjectAmerican history, History, Modern history, AIDS, HIV, Needle exchange, Newark (N.J.)
Extent44 pages
DescriptionWhile the history of the AIDS epidemic often focuses on cities like New York City and San Francisco, investigating Newark’s history with the epidemic reveals a great deal on the intersections between the AIDS epidemic and the histories of mass incarceration and the war on drugs. These histories are encapsulated in the experiences of Newark’s debates concerning needle exchange programs, and harm reduction more generally, which simultaneously speak to the discourses of AIDS stigma and federal antidrug policies. Newark’s experience in dealing with the AIDS epidemic was deeply rooted in structural racism and neglect, and debates over needle exchange bridge the gap between antidrug discourses stemming from the war on drugs, and the stigmatization of people with AIDS.By utilizing two sets of hearings that occurred in Newark in 1989 and 1995, they are both able to speak on to how Newark experienced and fought against the AIDS epidemic. The 1989 hearing before the Subcommittee in Newark shows how politicians, activists, and medical professionals navigated a debate on needle exchange through public health and the discourses of illegality. In 1995, these debates over needle exchange reveal active campaigns for needle exchange from Newark’s Black leaders, which expands upon a historiography that has often portrayed African Americans as largely opposed to needle exchange. In short, the history of Newark’s needle exchange debates expands upon the greater history of the AIDS epidemic in the United States by linking discourse to lived experiences and policy decisions. Discussions over needle exchange concerned far more than just needle exchange itself, and also included the historical contexts surrounding the epidemic, as well as race, gender, class, and place which were all shaped by the neoliberal/conservative politics dominant throughout the era of the AIDS epidemic, mass incarceration, and the war on drugs.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-57bx-0t88
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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