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Experience profound reflections on the AIDS crisis with "Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis." This critical collection highlights the often-overlooked generation that navigated the complexities of desire, trauma, and survival during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Spanning 36 personal essays, this book brings together a diverse range of voices that articulate the enduring impacts of the AIDS crisis on queer lives today. The contributors thoughtfully engage with themes of loss, resilience, and the intergenerational trauma that shapes queer identity. This essential addition to AIDS literature and cultural politics serves not only as a chronicle of survival but also as a beacon of hope as it encourages readers to imagine a possible future beyond trauma. Delve into this vibrant literary work that bridges personal narratives and larger societal questions, illuminating the intricate relationship between desire and mortality. This collection is vital for anyone seeking to understand the multifaceted impacts of the HIV/AIDS crisis on contemporary queer lives. Don’t miss this powerful commentary on love, loss, and survival—get your copy today! Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9781551528502, Year: 2021, Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781551528502
Year: 2021
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Description:
Every queer person lives with the trauma of AIDS, and this plays out intergenerationally. Usually we hear about two generations — the first, coming of age in the era of gay liberation, and then watching entire circles of friends die of a mysterious illness as the government did nothing to intervene. And now we hear about younger people growing up with effective treatment and prevention available, unable to comprehend the magnitude of the loss. But there is another generation between these two, one that came of age in the midst of the epidemic with the belief that desire intrinsically led to death, and internalized this trauma as part of becoming queer.
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis offers crucial stories from this missing generation in AIDS literature and cultural politics. This wide-ranging collection includes 36 personal essays on the ongoing and persistent impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in queer lives. Here you will find an expansive range of perspectives on a specific generational story — essays that explore and explode conventional wisdom, while also providing a necessary bridge between experiences. These essays respond, with eloquence and incisiveness, to the question: How do we reckon with the trauma that continues to this day, and imagine a way out?
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781551528502
Year: 2021
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Description:
Every queer person lives with the trauma of AIDS, and this plays out intergenerationally. Usually we hear about two generations — the first, coming of age in the era of gay liberation, and then watching entire circles of friends die of a mysterious illness as the government did nothing to intervene. And now we hear about younger people growing up with effective treatment and prevention available, unable to comprehend the magnitude of the loss. But there is another generation between these two, one that came of age in the midst of the epidemic with the belief that desire intrinsically led to death, and internalized this trauma as part of becoming queer.
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis offers crucial stories from this missing generation in AIDS literature and cultural politics. This wide-ranging collection includes 36 personal essays on the ongoing and persistent impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in queer lives. Here you will find an expansive range of perspectives on a specific generational story — essays that explore and explode conventional wisdom, while also providing a necessary bridge between experiences. These essays respond, with eloquence and incisiveness, to the question: How do we reckon with the trauma that continues to this day, and imagine a way out?