AIDS and the National Body

"Shortly before his death, Yingling had emerged as one of the central theorists of AIDS cultural politics. The loss of his ongoing public contribution is quite evident in these writings. But the publication of his personal writings allows us also to accept this loss as a personal one, and to reflect with him on the changing priorities he experiences as he realizes he is being overwhelmed by the very object of his critical reflection. The essays by his friends and colleagues provide a model for sustaining--by critically engaging--perspectives that we are losing to early deaths. This is how we will survive--mourn and organize and critically reflect on the political and cultural disaster of the AIDS epidemic, even as it continues to take away, among the many fallen comrades, some of the best thinkers of our time."--Cindy Patton, Emory University

Info autore

Thomas E. Yingling was Associate Professor of English at Syracuse University until his death from AIDS-related causes in 1992. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Hart Crane and the Homosexual Text.

Riassunto

Contemplates the contradictions of individual identity from within a human body adapting to and living within a collective national culture. The author delves into issues such as canon formation, poetic theory, and the rhetoric of the body in American popular culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yingling, Thomas E Yingling, Thomas E. Yingling
• Con la collaborazione di: Robyn Wiegman (Editore)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.07.1997
• EAN: 9780822319733
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1973-3
• Pagine: 277
• Dimensioni: 233 mm x 151 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 352 g
• Serie: Series Q; Series Q
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata