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Globalizing AIDS
Cindy Patton
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Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 225.
A long-awaited look at responses to the AIDS epidemic in relation to globalization
As AIDS began to appear around the "global village" in the early 1980s, the closeness brought by new technologies no longer promised wondrous cultural exchange; instead it made possible the transmission of a frightening new kind of disease. International scientific institutions and news organizations quickly constructed a "place" for AIDS in the global imaginary: from the heart of Africa and gay bathhouses in San Francisco to the back streets of Southeast Asia and poverty-stricken neighborhoods in the United States. Such simplistic accounts helped recycle racist ideas about Africans ... Read more
In Globalizing AIDS, pioneering cultural critic Cindy Patton looks at the complex interaction between modern science, media coverage, and local activism during the first decade of the epidemic. Patton's critique of both the production of scientific credibility and the implementation of public health policy at the local level offers a bold reevaluation of how we think about AIDS and an innovative approach to the reality of the disease. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Theory out of bounds
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816632800
SKU
V9780816632800
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About Cindy Patton
Cindy Patton is a Winship Distinguished Researcher at Emory University. She is the author of several books on HIV including Fatal Advice and Inventing AIDS. Since 1983 she has been involved with AIDS education and community organizing and has served as a consultant to both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control.
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