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Witnessing AIDS: Writing, Testimony, and the Work of Mourning (2nd edition)

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Witnessing AIDS: Writing, Testimony, and the Work of Mourning - Brophy, Sarah
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Witnessing AIDS addresses testimonial literature produced in response to the AIDS pandemic, focusing on texts by four individuals: filmmaker, painter, activist, and writer Derek Jarman; writer Jamaica Kincaid; anthropologist and media theorist Eric Michaels; and journalist Amy Hoffman. Sarah Brophy outlines the critical framework for interpreting the emphasis on unresolved grief in the emerging body of work. Brophy challenges the tendency to treat AIDS testimonial literature as a genre particular to gay men. By examining ...

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Witnessing AIDS: Writing, Testimony, and the Work of Mourning 2004, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON

ISBN-13: 9780802085672

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Witnessing AIDS: Writing, Testimony, and the Work of Mourning 2004, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON

ISBN-13: 9780802087737

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