AIDS in French Culture: Social Ills, Literary Cures

by David Caron

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The deluge of metaphors triggered in 1981 in France by the first public reports of what would turn out to be the AIDS epidemic spread with far greater speed and efficiency than the virus itself. To understand why it took France so long to react to the AIDS crisis, AIDS in French Culture analyzes the intersections of three discourses--the literary, the medical, and the political--and traces the origin of French attitudes about AIDS back to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0299172902

ISBN13:9780299172909

Release Date:November 2001

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Medical Medical Books

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