Paula A Treichler

How to Have Theory in an Epidemic

Cultural Chronicles of AIDS

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Paula Treichler's essays are certainly among the most significant written on the subject of AIDS. They are, in fact, a model of what the field of cultural studies at its best can contribute to our thinking about urgent social and political issues. This is an essential book, one that will strongly affect the way people approach the subject of AIDS in the future."--Douglas Crimp, author of "AIDS: Demo Graphics"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 807g
• ISBN-13: 9780822323181
• ISBN-10: 0822323184
• Artikelnr.: 21722599

Autorenporträt

Paula A. Treichler

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
A Note on the Text xiii
Prologue 1
AIDS, Homophobia, and Biomedical Discourse: An Epidemic of Signification 11
The Burdens of History: Gender and Representation in AIDS Discourse,
> AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle 99
Seduced and Terrorized: AIDS in the Media 127
AIDS, HIV, and the Cultural Construction of Reality 149
AIDS Narratives on Television: Whose Story? 176
AIDS, Africa, and Cultural Theory 205
Beyond Cosmo: AIDS, Identity, and Inscriptions of Gender 235
How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: The Evolution of AIDS, Treatment, and
Activism 278
Epilogue 315
Notes 331
Bibliography 387
Index 453