Representations of HIV and AIDS: Visibility Blue/s [Paperback]

Gabriele Griffin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0719047110 | ISBN-13: 978-0719047114 | Publication Date: April 7, 2001

What happened to the plague of HIV/AIDS that once seemed so threatening? Gabriele Griffin argues that the explosion of HIV/AIDS into highly visible cultural forms, from movies, theatre, activist interventions, and art from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s has been replaced by a retreat to artisitic invisibility. Griffin suggests that changes in the understanding of HIV/AIDS, the shift from “dying of the disease” to “living with it” in Western cultures, and a failure to grasp the full extent of the growth and impact of HIV/AIDS in a number of African and Asian countries has led to the “death” of the disease in the Western media.

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About the Author

Gabriele Griffin is Professor of English at Kingston University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Manchester University Press (April 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0719047110
• ISBN-13: 978-0719047114
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,145,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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