HIV Stories : The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988.
Title:
HIV Stories : The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988.
Author:
Boulé, Jean-Pierre.
ISBN:
9781781386729
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Series:
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts
Contents:
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 -- Simonin: The Forgotten Witness -- Aron: The Overlooked Witness -- 5: Dreuilhe: Metaphor/Phantasy and Mobilisation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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