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Breaking the Silence: South African Representations of HIV/AIDS
Ellen Grünkemeier
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Description for Breaking the Silence: South African Representations of HIV/AIDS
Hardback.
Examines the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic through creative texts and the impact of these representations in determining which issues receive attention and how public understanding of the virus is shaped. South Africa is one of the countries in the world most affected by HIV/AIDS, and yet, until recently, the epidemic was barely visible in South African literature. Much can be gained from approaching the South African epidemic through creative texts such as novels, photographs, films, cartoons and murals because they produce and circulate meanings of HIV/AIDS and its various facets such as its 'origin', 'transmission routes' and 'physical manifestations'. ... Read more
Examines the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic through creative texts and the impact of these representations in determining which issues receive attention and how public understanding of the virus is shaped. South Africa is one of the countries in the world most affected by HIV/AIDS, and yet, until recently, the epidemic was barely visible in South African literature. Much can be gained from approaching the South African epidemic through creative texts such as novels, photographs, films, cartoons and murals because they produce and circulate meanings of HIV/AIDS and its various facets such as its 'origin', 'transmission routes' and 'physical manifestations'. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010704
SKU
V9781847010704
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Breaking the Silence: South African Representations of HIV/AIDS
Delves into some of the most important sources of intellectual and public contestation regarding HIV.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Grünkemeier makes a strong case that South African literary genres as well as other creative modes have begun to break the culture of silence surrounding HIV/AIDS by representing that silence and the opaque communications surrounding the epidemic.
AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW ... Read more
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Grünkemeier makes a strong case that South African literary genres as well as other creative modes have begun to break the culture of silence surrounding HIV/AIDS by representing that silence and the opaque communications surrounding the epidemic.
AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW ... Read more