Roger Myrick

AIDS, Communication, and Empowerment

Gay Male Identity and the Politics of Public Health Messages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

AIDS, Communication, and Empowerment examines the cultural construction of gay men in light of discourse used in the media's messages about HIV/AIDS--messages often represented as educational, scientific, and informational but which are, in fact, politically charged. The book offers a compelling and substantive look at the social consequences of communication about HIV/AIDS and the reasons for the successes and failures of contemporary health communication. This analysis is important because it provides a reading of health communication from a marginal perspective, one that has often been kept silent in mainstream academic research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 141
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 155mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781560239079
• ISBN-10: 1560239077
• Artikelnr.: 21280430

Autorenporträt

Roger Myrick

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
* The Construction of the Homosexual as Subject According to Michel
Foucault
* Recent Histories of Sexuality and Their Relevance for Gay Identity
* Contemporary Cultural Analysis of Constructions of Gay Identity in
Representations of AIDS
* The Cultural Construction of General Public in a National Public
Service Announcement Health Campaign
* The Cultural Construction of Marginal Identity in Community-Based
AIDS/HIV Education
* Conclusion
* Appendixes
* References
* Index