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HIV/AIDS
Studies from University of Illinois add new findings in the area of HIV/AIDS
September 30th, 2008
"Reporting on a study of activists living with HIV/AIDS who give testimonials of their experiences with the disease in various educational settings, this article employs the notion of 'haunting' as a means of analyzing the effect of social justice activism in the ''aftermath'' of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Because of a shift in both the discursive construction of AIDS and the material symptoms of the disease (due to widespread availability of anti-retroviral medication), the signified of AIDS is ''out of joint'' with the signification of the disease in the public sphere," investigators in the United States report. "AIDS, as a social phenomena and a personal, traumatic...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-30)
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