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Banning queer blood : rhetorics of citizenship, contagion, and resistance /

In Banning Queer Blood, Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. However, with the advent of AIDS came the notion of blood donation as a potentially dangerous process. Bennett argues that the Food and Drug Administration,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Allen), 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Banning Queer Blood, Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. However, with the advent of AIDS came the notion of blood donation as a potentially dangerous process. Bennett argues that the Food and Drug Administration, by employing images that specifically depict gay men as contagious, has categorized gay men as a menace to the nation. The FDA's ban on blood donation by gay men remains in effect and serves to propagate the social misconceptions about gay men that circulate within both the straight and gay communit.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817389635
0817389636