02538nam 2200589Ia 450 991045737880332120200520144314.00-8166-8564-9(CKB)1000000000347155(EBL)310290(OCoLC)476093607(SSID)ssj0000265558(PQKBManifestationID)11193574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265558(PQKBWorkID)10293904(PQKB)10684025(MiAaPQ)EBC310290(OCoLC)232159881(MdBmJHUP)muse40062(Au-PeEL)EBL310290(CaPaEBR)ebr10159439(CaONFJC)MIL522501(EXLCZ)99100000000034715519940110d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnstable frontiers[electronic resource] technomedicine and the cultural politics of "curing" AIDS /John Nguyet ErniMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19941 online resource (186 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2381-3 0-8166-2380-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-160) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Paralysis or Breakthrough: The Making and Unmaking of AZT; 2 Articulating the (Im)possible: The Contradictory Fantasies of ""Curing"" AIDS; 3 Temporality and the Politics of AIDS Science; or, How to Kill Time in an Epidemic; 4 Power and Ambivalence: The Conjunctural Crises of Technomedicine and AIDS Treatment Activism; 5 An Epistemology of Curing; Appendix: A Summary of the Major Treatment-Related Stories Reported on Network Television News, 1985-1992; Notes; Bibliography; IndexDrawing on diverse sources, from popular media to medical literature to cultural theory, Erni shows how the dual discourse of curability/incurability frames the way we think about and act on issues of medical treatment for AIDS.AIDS (Disease)Social aspectsAIDS (Disease) in mass mediaElectronic books.AIDS (Disease)Social aspects.AIDS (Disease) in mass media.362.1/969792Erni John Nguyet901332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457378803321Unstable frontiers2234404UNINA