Positive Images
Gay Men and HIV/AIDS in the Culture of 'post Crisis'
Bloomsbury Academic · Print & ebook · January 27, 2022
A tidal wave of panic surrounded homosexuality and AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s, the period commonly called 'The AIDS Crisis'.
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- Who it’s for
- Dion Kagan examines how popular culture has represented gay men and HIV in the post-crisis period.
- Genres
- Gay Studies, HIV & AIDS, Queer Literary Criticism
- Published
- Bloomsbury Academic, January 27, 2022
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A tidal wave of panic surrounded homosexuality and AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s, the period commonly called 'The AIDS Crisis'. With the advent of antiretroviral drugs in the mid '90s, however, the meaning of an HIV diagnosis radically changed. These game-changing drugs now enable many people living with HIV to lead a healthy, regular life, but how has this dramatic shift impacted the representation of gay men and HIV in popular culture?
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Positive Imagesis the first detailed examination of how the relationship between gay men and HIV has transformed in the past two decades. FromQueer as FolktoChemsex,The Line of BeautytoThe Normal Heart, Dion Kagan examines literature, film, TV, documentaries and news coverage from across the English-speaking world to unearth the socio-cultural foundations underpinning this 'post-crisis' period. His analyses provide acute insights into the fraught legacies of the AIDS Crisis and its continued presence in the modern queer consciousness.
Gay Men and HIV
Dion Kagan examines how popular culture has represented gay men and HIV in the post-crisis period.
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- Analysis of literature, film, television, documentaries, and news coverage
- Attention to the AIDS Crisis’s continuing presence in queer consciousness
Expect
- Examples range from Queer as Folk to Chemsex
- A focus on culture across the English-speaking world
Where it sits
| Queer Literary Criticism | 65% |
|---|---|
| Gay Studies | 59% |
| HIV & AIDS | 50% |
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Publisher categories
- Health & Wellness
- Gay Studies
- Authors
- Dion Kagan, Angela Smith, Claire Nally
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- January 27, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Health & Wellness