Bøker av Gill (University of Essex Green

The Endangered Self focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships.

Investigates the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma, throwing light on the phenomenon by examining a variety of long term conditions. The book takes Fukuyama's notion of "The End of History" and examines contemporary challenges to the stigma associated with chronic illness.