Aids-trauma and politics: american literature and the search for a witness
Auteur :
Pozorski, Aimee
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498568081
Date de publication :
26 juin 2019
Dimensions :
23,9 x 15,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book revisits representations of AIDS in the 1980s in the U.S. in order to highlight a discourse of trauma and witness that emerged in the wake of a crisis. The book also emphasizes the potential of literary language to call attention to historical trauma where other discourses may fail.