Love, Lust, and Loss in the Early Age of Aids

The Discourse in theBody PoliticFrom 1981 to 1987

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ID3659308
AuthorsCameron Mckenzie (0000-0002-3343-955X, York University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume63
Issue12
Pages1749-1763
Publication date2016-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2016.1172874
PMID27043855
OpenAlexW2340685764
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited26

This article explores the idea that the AIDS epidemic constituted a defining moment for the Canadian gay rights movement and illuminates the intricate power dynamics of the development of a community identity. Using grounded theory inductive and deductive content analysis, and interviews with activists from the Body Politic magazine, this article considers notions of health "from above" and "from below" by examining relations between the community and government and their confrontation with medicalization and the medical profession. I also examine how the magazine reported and negotiated issues related to the community's self-policing and "self-managed oppression" through efforts to promote safer sex and risk reduction

Aesthetics · Body politic · Government (linguistics · Identity (music · Lust · Medicalization · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Canadian Identity and History · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology

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