CALL FOR PAPERS
AIDS AND ITS GLOBAL REPRESENTATIONS
How have the various nations addressed and represented the AIDS =
pandemic? Since the existence of the disease and its deadly effects =
became known in the early eighties, medical, artistic, governmental, and =
community groups have tried to educate and inform various national =
publics in an attempt to prevent the transmission of HIV, as well as to =
combat discrimination against people with HIV and AIDS. Efforts ranging =
from the development of new medicines in the U.S., awareness-raising =
campaigns in radio, TV, cinema, newspapers in Europe and in the =
Americas, have become common practices. This book wants to present a =
study of such actions (or non-actions), their impact within a variety of =
target communities and the general public, their ethical implications, =
and, finally, the psychological, as well as the financial toll HIV has =
taken on countries from Australia to Zimbabwe.
We are hoping to attract papers which look into the specific techniques, =
programs and campaigns developed to address HIV since the early =
eighties. How have the target communities reacted to the campaigns? How =
have HIV and AIDS changed the various discourses used to discuss and =
represent illness and disease, sexuality, and narcotics? Has safe sex =
become a synonym for state intervention in personal life? In some =
countries, has one specific group benefited from the campaigns and =
treatments? How have the several religious groups reacted to some of the =
most common prevention techniques? What has been the role of the =
artistic community in the representation of HIV and AIDS? Even though =
hard statistics might not be available at this point, the papers should =
inquire into the national narratives of these campaigns, including the =
discrimination against individuals in the "risk groups", and the =
response of intellectuals and artists to the outcomes of the campaigns. =
We want the papers to be scholarly in scope, and, as often as possible, =
we want to include illustrations--photos, art work, film stills, etc.=20
The deadline for submission of complete papers--text, illustrations--is =
January 15, 2000. Papers should range from 20-30 pages, double spaced, =
MLA style, accompanied by disk in Word for Windows 6.0 or 7.0. =
Illustrations can be sent either in disk or in paper. Information about =
copyrights of illustration necessary. Early inquiries, abstracts, or =
papers will be given full consideration. Contact Eva Bueno at =
evapbueno@hotmail.com or William Hummel at asweh@nol.net 2332 Park St., =
Unit I, Houston, TX 77019.
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