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Author : Alicia Castillo Villanueva
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Book Synopsis HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society by : Alicia Castillo Villanueva
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Author : Alicia Castillo Villanueva
Release : 2024-07-09
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society by : Alicia Castillo Villanueva
Download or read book HIV/AIDS in Memory, Culture and Society written by Alicia Castillo Villanueva. This book was released on 2024-07-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the role of culture in developing social, cultural and political discourses of HIV/AIDS from a contemporary viewpoint. In doing so, the memory of HIV/AIDS is a powerful tool to examine representations of the past and connect them with future debates. This reassessment of HIV/AIDS explores the most appropriate way to come to terms with a past that involved a negative, stigmatised and marginalised representation. Therefore, remembering plays a key role in generating collective memory, which allows for the exchange of mnemonic content between individual minds, creates discourses on memory and commemoration, and disseminates versions of the past that may affect the representation of HIV/AIDS in the future. Indeed, rewriting about the past also means assessing our responsibility towards the present and the potential of transmission to future generations, especially in times of pandemics.
Author : Marita Sturken
Release : 1997-02-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Tangled Memories by : Marita Sturken
Download or read book Tangled Memories written by Marita Sturken. This book was released on 1997-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the ways U.S. culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, Marita Sturken argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and "American culture." She examines the relationship of camera images to the production of cultural memory, the mixing of fantasy and reenactment in memory, the role of trauma and survivors in creating cultural comfort, and how discourses of healing can smooth over the tensions of political events. Sturken's discussion encompasses a brilliant comparison of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the AIDS Quilt; her profound reading of the Memorial as a national wailing wall—one whose emphasis on the veterans and war dead has allowed the discourse of heroes, sacrifice, and honor to resurface at the same time that it is an implicit condemnation of war—is particularly compelling. The book also includes discussions of the Kennedy assassination, the Persian Gulf War, the Challenger explosion, and the Rodney King beating. While debunking the image of the United States as a culture of amnesia, Sturken also shows how remembering itself is a form of forgetting, and how exclusion is a vital part of memory formation.
Author : Philippe Denis
Release : 2005
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis Never Too Small to Remember by : Philippe Denis
Download or read book Never Too Small to Remember written by Philippe Denis. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years after the end of apartheid, the importance of work has never appeared more clearly in a country which still battles with the legacy of years of discrimination and abuse. But there is a way forward. Provided they receive support and encouragement, people can develop resilience and in this way cope with difficult life circumstances. This is particularly true of the children affected by HIV/AIDS and their families who are the main beneficiaries of the Memory Box Programme established in 2000 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The methodology which is presented in this book provides a framework in which memory work can be done as safely as possible to the benefit of the people concerned. The memories of the families are kept in a "memory box" which contains the story of the deceased parents as well as various objects pertaining to their history. The authors of this book are staff members or associates of the Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work, a research and community development unit of the School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Author : National Research Council
Release : 1993-02-01
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States by : National Research Council
Download or read book The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States written by National Research Council. This book was released on 1993-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and political landscape of the twenty-first century? This readable volume looks at the impact of AIDS since its emergence and suggests its effects in the next decade, when a million or more Americans will likely die of the disease. The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States addresses some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the public debate over AIDS. This landmark book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions, examining: How America's major religious organizations have dealt with sometimes conflicting values: the imperative of care for the sick versus traditional views of homosexuality and drug use. Hotly debated public health measures, such as HIV antibody testing and screening, tracing of sexual contacts, and quarantine. The potential risk of HIV infection to and from health care workers. How AIDS activists have brought about major change in the way new drugs are brought to the marketplace. The impact of AIDS on community-based organizations, from volunteers caring for individuals to the highly political ACT-UP organization. Coping with HIV infection in prisons. Two case studies shed light on HIV and the family relationship. One reports on some efforts to gain legal recognition for nonmarital relationships, and the other examines foster care programs for newborns with the HIV virus. A case study of New York City details how selected institutions interact to give what may be a picture of AIDS in the future. This clear and comprehensive presentation will be of interest to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.
