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AIDS and American apocalypticism : the cultural semiotics of an epidemic / Thomas L. Long.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in the sociology of culturePublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (x, 242 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1423748654
  • 9781423748656
  • 079146167X
  • 9780791461679
  • 0791461688
  • 9780791461686
  • 9780791484678
  • 079148467X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: AIDS and American apocalypticism.DDC classification:
  • 362.196/9792/00973 22
LOC classification:
  • RA643.83 .L66 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • 2005 K-540
  • WC 503.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Apocalyptus interruptus : Christianity, sodomy, and the end -- Exile of the queer evangelist -- Larry Kramer and the American Jeremiad -- AIDS Armageddon -- Mal'kim in America.
Summary: "Using the analytical tools of literary analysis, cultural studies, performance theory, and social semiotics, AIDS and American Apocalypticism examines many kinds of discourse, including fiction, drama, performance art, demonstration graphics and brochures, biomedical publications, and journalism and shows that, while initially useful, the effects of apocalyptic rhetoric in the long term are dangerous. Among the important figures in AIDS activism and the arts discussed are David Drake, Tim Miller, Sarah Schulman, and Tony Kushner, as well as the organizations ACT UP and Lesbian Avengers."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-237) and index.

Apocalyptus interruptus : Christianity, sodomy, and the end -- Exile of the queer evangelist -- Larry Kramer and the American Jeremiad -- AIDS Armageddon -- Mal'kim in America.

Print version record.

"Using the analytical tools of literary analysis, cultural studies, performance theory, and social semiotics, AIDS and American Apocalypticism examines many kinds of discourse, including fiction, drama, performance art, demonstration graphics and brochures, biomedical publications, and journalism and shows that, while initially useful, the effects of apocalyptic rhetoric in the long term are dangerous. Among the important figures in AIDS activism and the arts discussed are David Drake, Tim Miller, Sarah Schulman, and Tony Kushner, as well as the organizations ACT UP and Lesbian Avengers."--Jacket

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