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Author:

Treichler, Paula A.

Title:

How to have theory in an epidemic : cultural chronicles of AIDS / Paula A. Treichler.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

xi, 477 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.
Culture--Philosophy.
AIDS (Disease) in mass media.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--history
Social environment.
Prejudice.
Social Conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-451) and index.

Contents:

AIDS, homophobia, and biomedical discourse: an epidemic of signification -- The burdens of history: gender and representation in AIDS discourse, 1981-1988 -- AIDS and HIV infection in the Third World: a first world chronicle -- Seduced and terrorized: AIDS in the media -- AIDS, HIV, and the cultural construction of reality -- AIDS narratives on television: whose story? -- AIDS, Africa, and cultural theory -- Beyond Cosmo: AIDS, identity, and inscriptions of gender -- How to have theory in an epidemic: the evolution of AIDS, treatment and activism.

ISBN:

9780822323181 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822323184 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822322863 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822322862 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40331281

LCCN:

98050855

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)