HIV stories : the archaeology of AIDS writing in France, 1985-1988 /
Jean-Pierre Boulé.
Bok Engelsk 2002 Jean Pierre Boulé
Omfang | 1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).. - Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: AIDS Fiction; 1: Laygues: The Ambiguity in Witnessing; 2: Juliette: Masculinist Desires and Sexualities; 3: Winer: Masculinity, Grief and Sexuality; Part II: AIDS Testimony; 4: Testimony, Self-Avowal and Confession; 5: Dreuilhe: Metaphor/Phantasy and Mobilisation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This book draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognised genre or a culturally influential form of writing. It is a predominantly literary critical study, informed by gender studies and psychoanalytic criticism in its readings of individual texts, and interwoven with contextual information.
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ISBN | 1-4175-6808-9. - 1-78138-672-2. - 1-84631-328-7
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