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OverviewThe deluge of metaphors triggered in 1981 in France by the first public reports of what would turn out to be the AIDS epidemic spread with far greater speed and efficiency than the virus itself. To understand why it took France so long to react to the AIDS crisis, this work analyzes the intersections of three discourses - the literary, the medical and the political - and traces the origin of French attitudes about AIDS to 19th century anxieties about nationhood, masculinity and sexuality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David CaronPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.306kg ISBN: 9780299172947ISBN 10: 0299172945 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 October 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsLiterary and cultural analysis come together here as Caron casts brilliant light on the disastrously inadequate public response to the AIDS pandemic in France. . . . He shows how literature has supplied the communitarian voice that would otherwise have been lacking. --Ross Chambers, author of Facing It: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author """Literary and cultural analysis come together here as Caron casts brilliant light on the disastrously inadequate public response to the AIDS pandemic in France. . . . He shows how literature has supplied the communitarian voice that would otherwise have been lacking.""--Ross Chambers, author of Facing It: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author" Author InformationDavid Caron is associate professor of French at the University of Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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