Notorious H.I.V.: The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams

by Thomas C. Shevory

Book Overview

The real story behind the Nushawn Williams case: media distortions, judicial contortions, ruined lives

In the fall of 1997, public authorities in Chautauqua County, New York, were granted an exception to the state's HIV confidentiality law--and released Nushawn Williams's name and picture to the press, deeming him a "public health threat," the source of a "near epidemic" of HIV transmission. Williams, who is HIV-positive, had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816643407
• ISBN13: 9780816643400
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"