Taking Liberties - Softcover

Carter, Erica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852421479 ISBN 13: 9781852421472

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 1989

Argues that there is a pattern of anti-gay discrimination in the way the media, the law, the medical profession, and governments are handling the AIDS crisis

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Review:

This collection of fifteen papers has its origin in a Londonbased conference at the Institute of Contemporary Arts with contributions from both the United Kingdom and the United States. The essays situate AIDS in its cultural milieu and interpret it both in the broadest and narrowest political enviromnents--from governmental and media bombast to the personal sense of cultural destruction caused by AIDS. Some seek to redefine the way the world defines AIDS; other essayists redefine the whole world because of their encounters with it. Included are selections by some of the most prominent thinkers in gay studies and AIDS care. I suppose the book as a whole is most powerful in its clear unity in demonstrating how political the personal is. It contributes to our thinking on AIDS in culture, with available literature now growing so rapidly that it is almost impossible to keep up with it. This collection is more accessible to readers than most writings on the topic since the essays are clear; its broad coverage of AIDS in its socio-cultural ramifications also increases its appeal. Simon Watney's introductory piece, from which the book takes its title, sounds the alarm: All must become persuadera of the dignity of human life; otherwise, all stand to have their liberties taken. -- From Independent Publisher

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