AIDS and American apocalypticism : the cultural semiotics of an epidemic /
"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 journali...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Хэл сонгох: | англи |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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| Цуврал: | SUNY series in the sociology of culture.
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| Онлайн хандалт: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252353 |
| Тойм: | "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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| Биет тодорхойлолт: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
| Номзүй: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423748654 9781423748656 079146167X 9780791461679 0791461688 9780791461686 9780791484678 079148467X |