Practices of Freedom

by Watney, Simon; Barale, Michele Aina; Goldberg, Jonathan; Moon, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780822315643
• ISBN10: 0822315645
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

Since the mid-1980s, Simon Watney has been one of the leading voices in the international field of HIV/AIDS education. His monthly column on AIDS in Britainrs"sGay Timesis the longest-running column of its kind in Europe, and he is actively involved in HIV/AIDS issues in the United States. His work constitutes a unique dialogue between European and American perspectives on the epidemic.Practices of Freedombrings together for the first time Watneyrs"s pioneering writings on topics ranging from gay menrs"s Safer Sex education to racist coverage of AIDS in Africa in the international media, from the ethics of clinical drug trials to governmental policies concerning AIDS. Watneyrs"s voice-neither neutral nor detached-is that of an active and influential participant in the fight against AIDS. He offers a unique view of the ways in which gay men working in community-based organizations have attempted to provide reliable and up-to-date services and information regarding AIDS treatment and health. A leader in insisting on gay menrs"s entitlements to education, care, and services, Watney was among the first to challenge the "de-gaying" of AIDS service organizations in the late eighties. He also devotes his attention to HIV/AIDS prevention work, research and treatment issues, and the wider cultural politics of the disease, including the role of language, television, and cinema. His analysis of the epidemic as it has unfolded provides a history of many of the major medical and political debates that have defined the course and extent of the crisis. Practices of Freedomdemonstrates the failure of national institutions, from the government to the press, to understand and effectively fight this epidemic, and directs attention to the most urgent needs in American and international AIDS work. It will be an important primary resource, particularly in the United States, where effective community-based HIV/AIDS education tragically has often been neglected.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: My project

1986

AIDS, 'Moral Panic' Theory, and Homophobia

1987

Visual AIDS: Advertising Ignorance

The Subject of AIDS

The Politics of AIDS

1988

Talking to the Future: Gay rights in Britain and the USA

The Spectacle of AIDS

Photography and AIDS

'AIDS' or 'HIV Disease'?

'The Day After Hiroshima': Reflections on official British and Swedish AIDS education materials and government policies

Cross-Over: A film by Steffan Hildebrand

Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic: And The Band Played On

1989

Missionary Positions: AIDS, 'Africa,' and race

Young People and AIDS

Community Responsibilities

Safer Sex as Community Practice

1990

Re-gaying AIDS

Practices of Freedom: 'Citizenship' and the politics of identity in the age of AIDS

AIDS, The Second Decade: 'Risk,' research and moernity

Silence Equals Death

1991

State of Emergency

Perspectives on Testing

Perspectives on Treatment

Short-Term Companions: AIDS and 'popular' entertainment

AIDS and Social Science: Taking the scenic route through an emergency

1992

Muddling Through: The UK responses to AIDS

Duesberg's Dangerous Dogma

Bad, Mad and Dangerous

Political Funerals

Gay Teenagers and Gay Politics

Powers of Observation: AIDS and the writing of history

Notes

Index

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