LEADER 02538nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910457378803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-8564-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347155 035 $a(EBL)310290 035 $a(OCoLC)476093607 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265558 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265558 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10293904 035 $a(PQKB)10684025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310290 035 $a(OCoLC)232159881 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse40062 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310290 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159439 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522501 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347155 100 $a19940110d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnstable frontiers$b[electronic resource] $etechnomedicine and the cultural politics of "curing" AIDS /$fJohn Nguyet Erni 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-2381-3 311 $a0-8166-2380-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-160) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aDrawing 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. 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects 606 $aAIDS (Disease) in mass media 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aAIDS (Disease) in mass media. 676 $a362.1/969792 700 $aErni$b John Nguyet$0901332 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457378803321 996 $aUnstable frontiers$92234404 997 $aUNINA