Description

This book draws attention to the existence in France of an AIDS literature from 1985 to 1988 before AIDS writing became either a widely recognised genre or a culturally influential form of writing. It is a predominantly literary critical study, informed by gender studies and psychoanalytic criticism in its readings of individual texts, and interwoven with contextual information. Acknowledgements Introduction Part I AIDS Fiction 1 Laygues: The Ambiguity of Witnessing 2 Juliette: Masculinist Desires and Sexualities 3 Winer: Masculinity, Grief and Sexuality PART II AIDS Testimony 4 Testimony, Self-Avowal and Confession Simonin: The Forgotten Witness Aron: The Overlooked Witness 5 Dreuilhe: Metaphor/Phantasy and Mobilisation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgements Introduction Part I AIDS Fiction 1 Laygues: The Ambiguity of Witnessing 2 Juliette: Masculinist Desires and Sexualities 3 Winer: Masculinity, Grief and Sexuality PART II AIDS Testimony 4 Testimony, Self-Avowal and Confession Simonin: The Forgotten Witness Aron: The Overlooked Witness 5 Dreuilhe: Metaphor/Phantasy and Mobilisation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index