HIDDEN IN THE BLOOD
"For those who hanker for voices, Carter Wilson's Hidden in the Blood: A Personal Investigation of AIDS in the Yucatan offers just the nostrum: this humane little memoir is a polished and revelatory gem. Wilson, a novelist, embarks on an investigation of AIDS and sexuality in a part of Mexico that is beginning to see its first cases of HIV disease. He has anthropological training, and it shows: the book is ethnographically rich but unburdened by the jargon of our field. Wilson offers a compelling and textured portrait of an AIDS clinic serving Merida, the large but conservative capital of the Mayan lowlands."
—Paul Farmer
"A fine and important book about a topic we should all know more of."
—Samuel R. Delany
"What Carter Wilson has done in this book is very important. To my knowledge it is the first time anyone has systematically investigated and written about AIDS and HIV infection in Mexico from the perspective of caring medical providers, those who are HIV positive, and the families of those who are HIV positive. Wilson's focus on AIDS and HIV infection in the Yucatán, rather than the more well-known AIDS epidemics in Mexico City, Guadalajara, or Tijuana, increases our understanding of how the epidemic may progress in small urban areas in Mexico where very little is known.
—Joseph M. Carrier