AIDS and American Apocalypticism: The Cultural Semiotics of an Epidemic
Author:   Thomas Lawrence Long
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791461686


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   07 July 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Thomas Lawrence Long
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780791461686


ISBN 10:   0791461688
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   07 July 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1 Apocalyptus Interruptus: Christianity, Sodomy and the End 2 Exile of the Queer Evangelist 3 Larry Kramer and the American Jeremiad 4 AIDS Armageddon 5 Mal'kim in America Afterword Notes Index

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Thomas L. Long offers perceptive readings of recent novels and dramas and links the discussion to his broader argument. His insights and conclusions are shrewd and certainly help one think about the works in fresh and illuminating ways. - Paul S. Boyer, Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Companion to United States History; This book is impressive in its depth of scholarship and fascinating to read. - Susan J. Palmer, author of AIDS as an Apocalyptic Metaphor in North America


""Thomas L. Long offers perceptive readings of recent novels and dramas and links the discussion to his broader argument. His insights and conclusions are shrewd and certainly help one think about the works in fresh and illuminating ways."" - Paul S. Boyer, Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Companion to United States History; ""This book is impressive in its depth of scholarship and fascinating to read."" - Susan J. Palmer, author of AIDS as an Apocalyptic Metaphor in North America""


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Thomas L. Long is Associate Professor-in-Residence in the School of Nursing at the University of Connecticut and the coauthor (with Emily F. Filippi) of Children's Catechumenate: Christian Initiation of Children.

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