HIV Stories

The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-05-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt:314 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9780853235781

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Jean Pierre Boule is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at Nottingham Trent University.

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Professor Boulé’s readings of specific texts are alert and frequently shrewd. The issues he has addressed are important ones: his emphasis on the position of women in French AIDS literature is valuable; his psychoanalytic characterizations – particularly of Simonin and Dreuilhe – underscore a dimension of the experience of AIDS people that has rarely been acknowledged or explored.Ross Chambers, University of Michigan

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I AIDS Fiction1 Laygues: The Ambiguity of Witnessing2 Juliette: Masculinist Desires and Sexualities3 Winer: Masculinity, Grief and SexualityPART II AIDS Testimony4 Testimony, Self-Avowal and ConfessionSimonin: The Forgotten WitnessAron: The Overlooked Witness5 Dreuilhe: Metaphor/Phantasy and MobilisationConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex