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OverviewIn a single decade, AIDS has grown to pandemic proportions. The combined forces of medical research and public education have thus far failed to halt the spread of the disease, which remains mysterious, stigmatizing, and fatal. In this highly original study, Susan Palmer explores the healing practices, metaphors, and apocalyptic fantasies of various religious, racial, and sexual minority groups as they respond to the AIDS threat. Palmer looks at the response to AIDS by specific groups as diverse as white and black identity movements, gay spirituality circles, communal and millenarian cults, and sci-fi and horror films. Her study reveals a proliferation of AIDS metaphors that refer variously to medieval plagues, social disorder, decline of the nuclear family, and supernatural powers. She argues that the human body tends to become a symbol that mirrors the social body, and she finds this process especially dramatic in persecuted marginal groups. Well known as a researcher and writer on new religious movements in Europe and North America, Susan Palmer brings experience and insight to this study of the metaphors surrounding alternative spirituality and sexuality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan J. PalmerPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9780802076168ISBN 10: 0802076165 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 17 May 1997 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSUSAN PALMER is a professor in the Department of Religion at Dawson College in Montreal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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