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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451750003321

Autore

Patton Cindy <1956->

Titolo

Globalizing AIDS [[electronic resource] /] / Cindy Patton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8166-8992-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Theory out of bounds ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

362.1/969792

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Epidemiology

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects

World health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Critical bodies -- From colonial medicine to world health -- Official maps -- A dying epidemiology.

Sommario/riassunto

In Globalizing AIDS, pioneering cultural critic Cindy Patton looks at the complex interaction between modern science, media coverage, and local activism during the first decade of the epidemic. Patton's critique of both the production of scientific credibility and the implementation of public health policy at the local level offers a bold reevaluation of how we think about AIDS and an innovative approach to the reality of the disease.