Subscribing to Governmental Rationality
HBO and the Aids Epidemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5771656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shayne Pepper (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 120-138 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-1420 • E-ISSN: 1479-4233 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14791420.2014.882516 |
| OpenAlex | W2000123558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Between 1987 and 2013, HBO produced or distributed over twenty HIV/AIDS programs. These films trace a cultural shift from an early focus on AIDS as a public health issue to be dealt with through individual "safe-sex" practices and ethical citizenship to a later focus on AIDS as a global pandemic where the explicit strategy becomes a reliance on non-state actors to combat AIDS. This article argues that HBO's HIV/AIDS films are embedded within a cultural approach to AIDS that relies on governmental logics and neoliberal solutions - not direct action, but directing action
Pandemic · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Politics and Representation
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |