Melancholia and Moralism Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics |
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| Author:
| Crimp, Douglas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-03295-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $109.00 |
Book Description:
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This text confronts the conservative gay politics that replaced the radical AIDS activism of the 1980s and 1990s. It shows that the losses from AIDS, including the waning of militant responses, have resulted in melancholia as Freud defined it.
This text confronts the conservative gay politics that replaced the radical AIDS activism of the 1980s and 1990s. It shows that the losses from AIDS, including the waning of militant responses, have resulted in melancholia as Freud defined it.