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Informationen zum Autor Author Lina Meruane: Lina Meruane teaches Latin American Cultures in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University, USA.Translated by Andrea Rosenberg: Andrea Rosenberg translates literary and academic texts from Spanish and Portuguese. Her translation of David Jiménez s Children of the Monsoon was recently published by Autumn Hill Books. She is currently working on a novel by Leopoldo Brizuela with the support of a Fulbright grant. Klappentext This is the first book to comprehensively examine Latin America's literary response to the deadly HIV virus. Proposing a bio-political reading of AIDs in the neoliberal era! Lina Meruane examines how literary representations of AIDS enter into larger discussions of community! sexuality! nation! displacement and globalization. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to comprehensively examine Latin America's literary response to the deadly HIV virus. Proposing a bio-political reading of AIDs in the neoliberal era! Lina Meruane examines how literary representations of AIDS enter into larger discussions of community! sexuality! nation! displacement and globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Beginning the Journey PART I: LOGBOOK OF AN HIV-POSITIVE VOYAGE PART II: VIRAL VOYAGERS 1. Itinerant Infirmity 2. The Comings and Goings of the Infectious Tourist 3. Back to the Nations of Death 4. Female Disappearance Syndrome 5. Happy Hour? or, The Cocktail Era
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Beginning the Journey PART I: LOGBOOK OF AN HIV-POSITIVE VOYAGE PART II: VIRAL VOYAGERS 1. Itinerant Infirmity 2. The Comings and Goings of the Infectious Tourist 3. Back to the Nations of Death 4. Female Disappearance Syndrome 5. Happy Hour? or, The Cocktail Era
