Fuller Tyler J, Phillips Nichole R, Lambert Danielle N, DiClemente Ralph J, Wingood Gina M
Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2022 Mar;24(3):437-450. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1870000. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
This analysis of 84 interviews with female Black Church leaders and members from Atlanta, GA, examined how women in Black churches construct definitions of, and identities in relation to, HIV narratives about men on the down low. We analyse these narratives as collective memories, through the theoretical lens of memory and trauma studies, by identifying how women understand themselves as the victims of men on the down low transmitting HIV; describe this as a painful experience; make public claims about this experience; and draw on theological understandings to make these claims. The narratives articulate how Black communal modes of meaning making have been disrupted by the HIV epidemic and assign responsibility for HIV transmission to men on the down low, who are perceived to be engaged in risky sexual behaviour. We discuss these results in relation to HIV education and prevention and suggest health educators can engage Black church leaders by understanding these narratives as forms of countermemory.
这项对来自佐治亚州亚特兰大市的84位黑人教会女性领袖和成员的访谈分析，研究了黑人教会中的女性如何构建与“双性恋黑人男性感染艾滋病毒”相关的定义和身份认同。我们通过记忆与创伤研究的理论视角，将这些叙述视为集体记忆，确定女性如何将自己理解为双性恋黑人男性传播艾滋病毒的受害者；将此描述为一种痛苦经历；公开讲述这段经历；并借助神学理解来阐述这些经历。这些叙述阐明了艾滋疫情如何扰乱了黑人社区的意义构建模式，并将艾滋病毒传播的责任归咎于那些被认为从事危险性行为的双性恋黑人男性。我们结合艾滋病毒教育与预防来讨论这些结果，并建议健康教育工作者通过将这些叙述理解为反记忆的形式来与黑人教会领袖进行互动。
