The Location of AIDS

The Location of AIDS

We could easily characterise the emergent field of posthumanism as a critique of various forms of boundary. For instance, posthumanism casts its critical eye on the boundary between human and nonhuman and the boundary between what counts as the body and what does not. The biomedical discourse on AID...

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Publicado: University of Edinburgh 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ac89f65d9adf4d029636370e7de21e8f2021-11-23T09:50:51ZThe Location of AIDS1749-977110.2218/forum.31.5493https://doaj.org/article/ac89f65d9adf4d029636370e7de21e8f2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/5493https://doaj.org/toc/1749-9771We could easily characterise the emergent field of posthumanism as a critique of various forms of boundary. For instance, posthumanism casts its critical eye on the boundary between human and nonhuman and the boundary between what counts as the body and what does not. The biomedical discourse on AIDS—and on immunology in general—is profoundly shaped by the imposition and reinforcement of various boundaries and distinctions. Foremost amongst these are the boundary between the body and infection and the distinction between different types of bodies (black/white, gay/straight). The following essay explores the subversive potential of applying a posthumanist critique of boundaries and distinctions to the discourse on AIDS and its representations, with a particular focus on those found in Essex Hemphill’s poem “Vital Signs”.Aaron MuldoonUniversity of EdinburgharticleFine ArtsNLanguage and LiteraturePENForum, Iss 31 (2021)
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Aaron Muldoon
The Location of AIDS
description We could easily characterise the emergent field of posthumanism as a critique of various forms of boundary. For instance, posthumanism casts its critical eye on the boundary between human and nonhuman and the boundary between what counts as the body and what does not. The biomedical discourse on AIDS—and on immunology in general—is profoundly shaped by the imposition and reinforcement of various boundaries and distinctions. Foremost amongst these are the boundary between the body and infection and the distinction between different types of bodies (black/white, gay/straight). The following essay explores the subversive potential of applying a posthumanist critique of boundaries and distinctions to the discourse on AIDS and its representations, with a particular focus on those found in Essex Hemphill’s poem “Vital Signs”.
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