Aids in french culture: social ills, literary cures
Auteur :
Caron, David
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299172947
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2001
Dimensions :
22,7 x 15,2 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
306 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
To understand why it took France so long to react to the AIDS crisis, this work analyzes the intersections of three discourses - the literary, the medical and the political - and traces the origin of French attitudes about AIDS to 19th century anxieties about nationhood, masculinity and sexuality.