AIDS and the Body Politic

Name: AIDS and the Body Politic
Author: Catherine Waldby

Biomedicine and Sexual Difference

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Gebonden, 184 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 1996

ISBN13: 9780415141291

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Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 1996 9780415141291

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Catherine Waldby's informative study draws on feminist theory, cultural studies, the philosophy of science and gay and lesbian studies to problematise the factual scientific discourse about AIDS and interpret it as a political discourse. Waldby argues that much AIDS discourse relies on an implicit and unconscious equation between sexual health and heterosexual masculinity. In this equation between women, bisexual and gay men are the targets of preventative programmes, while heterosexual men tend to remain unaddressed by such programmes.