Wear Your Hat
Representational Resistance in Safer Sex Discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3639627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven D Nelson (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 285-304 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v27n01_13 |
| PMID | 7798606 |
| OpenAlex | W2022077516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Through an analysis of four posters used by the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, this article asks how representation can effectively promote safer sex practices. The images under investigation have different targeted groups--one is aimed at African-American men, one at Latinas, and two at gay men. Using a frame-work that connects definitions of sex in the respective communities with differences surrounding gender, race, and class, the imagery is unpacked in order to expose the effects of safer sex representation. This essay then argues that the degree to which ingrained definitions of sex are challenged constitutes a determining factor in the success or failure of safer sex representations
Class (philosophy · Computer security · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Representation (politics · SAFER · Safer sex · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |