Visual History of HIV/AIDS

Taylor & Francis

A Visual History of HIV/AIDSExploring The Face of AIDS film archive\nAuthor(s): Elisabet Bjrklund, Mariah Larsson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138503243, 978-1138503243\nSynopsis\nThe Face of AIDS film archive at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, consists of more than 700 hours of unedited and edited footage, shot over a period of more than thirty years and all over the world by filmmaker and journalist Staffan Hildebrand. The material documents the HIV/AIDS pandemic and includes scenes from conferences and rallies, and interviews with activists, physicians, people with the infection, and researchers. It represents a global historical development from the early years of the AIDS crisis to a situation in which it is possible to live a normal life with the HIV virus. This volume brings together a range of academic perspectives from media and film studies, medical history, gender studies, history, and cultural stu.