A Pandemic of Terror and Terror of a Pandemic: American Cultural Responses to HIV/AIDS and Bioterrorism
Abstract. The cultural construction of American societal responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and terrorism is addressed. The use of metaphors of war, survival, extinction, and of those related to God in public narratives is analyzed. Issues of gender, sexuality, money, and power are also discussed wi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2004
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Zygon
Year: 2004, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 435-463 |
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Ethics
B Pandemics B Terrorism B Sexuality B War B Gender B Survival B God B Power B HIV / AIDS |
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