Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Couples with Mixed HIV Status: Beyond Positive/Negative

Foreword: Emeritus Professor Susan Kippax.-  Preface and Acknowledgments.- Contributors.- Abbreviations.- Introduction: Making "Difference": New Perspectives on HIV Serodiscordance; Asha Persson & Shana D. Hughes.- PART I   Biomedicine, Change & Diversity: Conceptualising Serodiscordance : The Science Made Me Do it! A Journey toward Reimagining Myself as Non-infectious: Serodiscordant Sexuality in the Age of TasP: Pluto Savage.- "PrEP Makes My Relationship Even More Normal:" The Discursive Production of Hope in the Context of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among Young Adults with Partners Living with HIV Infection in California: Kimberley Koester, Xavier A Erguera & Janet Myers.- Seeking Sero-harmony: Changing Conceptualisations of Sero-difference and Sero-status in Australia: John Rule & Sean Slavin.- Situating Serodiscordance: Living in Relationships with Mixed HIV Status in Different Local, Historical and Biomedical Realities: Angela Kelly-Hanku.- HIV Serodiscordant Couples and the Discourse of Normality: Reconciling Biomedical and Social Meanings in Porto Alegre, Brazil: Shana D. Hughes.- Exploring the Relational Complexity of Serodiscordance: Negotiating Violence, Temporality and Diaspora: Annette-Carina van der Zaag & Ulla McKnight.- PART II   Stigma, Culture & Gender: Contextualising Serodiscordance: Conversations with two African American and Indian women: Sunshine after the Rain & Red Reminds Me: Stacy Jennings, USA.- Be the Change You Want to See: Jyoti Dhawale-Surve, Mumbai.- Intimacy, Support and Social Connectivity: Experiences of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships among Black African People Living in England: Adam Bourne, John Owuor & Catherine Dodds.- Stigma, Sex and Family Life: Serodiscordance in Henan Province, China: Kumi Smith, Huixin Liu, Junjue Wang, Wensheng He, Gail E. Henderson, William C. Miller & Ning Wang.- Reconciling Serodiscordance: Lived Experiences of Mixed HIV Status Relationships in Ethiopia: Yordanos M. Tiruneh, Yemane Berhane & Ira B. Wilson.- Dialectics of Gender and Health: The Case of HIV Serodiscordance in Uganda: Robert Wyrod.- Planning to be a Parent in HIV Sero-Different Relationships in Ireland: A critical Gender Analysis: Carmel Kelly & Maria Lohan.- Serodiscordance and Gender Dynamics in Indian Culture: Sangeeta Sharma Dhaor.- PART III   Love, Risk & Relationships: Negotiating Serodiscordance: Treatment as Prevention: A Love Story: Caroline Watson.- Relationships between Serodiscordant Gay Male Couples in Lima, Peru: Sero-Disclosure and Living with Serodiscordance: Kelika Konda, Clara Sandoval & Lizzete Najarro.- "HIV-Positivity and HIV-Negativity - Two Sides of the Same Coin": Narratives of Greek HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Gay Men on HIV and Intimate Relationships: Valantis Papathanasiou .- "Because we're so in Love": The Experiences of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Partners in Serodiscordant Relationships in Vietnam: Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Sally Cameron, & Lan Nguyen.- Negotiating "Sero-Imbalances" within HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Canada: A Pilot Inquiry: Amrita Daftary, Joshua Mendelsohn & Liviana Calzavara.- Pills, Providers and Partners: Exploring Trust among Serodiscordant Couples in Australia: Christy Newman, Asha Persson & Jeanne Ellard.