Fatal Advice: How Safe-Sex Education Went Wrong

by Cindy Patton

Book Overview

The American public responded to the first cases of AIDS with fear and panic. Both policymakers and activists were concerned not only with stopping the spread of the disease, but also with guiding the public's response toward those already infected. Fatal Advice is an examination of how the nation attempted, with mixed results, to negotiate the fears and concerns brought on by the epidemic. A leading writer on the cultural politics of AIDS,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822317478
• ISBN13: 9780822317470
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.5"