HIV Stories: The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988 (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts)

This book draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognized genre or a culturally influential form of writing. It is a predominantly literary critical study, informed by gender studies and psychoanalytic criticism in its readings of individual texts, and interwoven with contextual information. Annotation "HIV Stories draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognised genre or a culturally influential form of writing. It is a predominantly literary critical study, informed by gender studies and psychoanalytic criticism, and interwoven with contextual information." "The book offers sympathetic readings of courageous writers, such as Dreuilhe, Simonin and Aron, who have been overlooked or never properly understood. Jean-Pierre Boule pays particular attention to the position of women in French AIDS literature, and his psychoanalytic characterisations - particularly of Simonin and Dreuilhe - underscore a dimension of the experience of AIDS people that has rarely been acknowledged or explored."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The moment when AIDS writing irrupted into discourse is where Boulé (contemporary French studies, Nottingham Trent U.) focuses his attention. He considers how to write about a new and taboo topic; and the problem of the frameworks of discourse that are produced and reproduced in such writings, particularly the difficulty of breaking out of certain constraints. The six texts he examines are written in first person. The US distribution is by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

This book draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognised genre or a culturally influential form of writing. It is a predominantly literary critical study, informed by gender studies and psychoanalytic criticism in its readings of individual texts, and interwoven with contextual information. 'hiv Stories' Provides Sympathetic Readings Of Courageous Writers Who Have Been Unfairly Criticised, Like Dreuilhe Or Forgotten Like Simonin, Or, Like Anon, Never Properly Understood. Jean-pierre Boulé. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 167-175) And Index.