AIDS : cultural analysis, cultural activism / edited by Douglas Crimp ; contributions by Leo Bersani [and 15 others].

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1988.

270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

First MIT Press edition.

"An October book."

Includes bibliographical references.

AIDS : cultural analysis/cultural activism / Douglas Crimp -- AIDS : keywords / Jan Zita Grover -- AIDS, homophobia, and biomedical discourse : an epidemic of signification / Paula A. Treichler -- The spectacle of AIDS / Simon Watney -- AIDS and syphilis : the iconography of disease / Sander L. Gilman -- Pictures of sickness : Stuart Marshall's Bright eyes / Martha Gever -- The second epidemic / Amber Hollibaugh, Mitchell Karp, and Katy Taylor -- Fighting the victum label ; PWA coalition portfolio / Max Navarre -- Needed (for women and children) / Suki Ports -- Further violations of our rights / Carol Leigh -- Picture a coalition / Gregg Bordowitz -- Is the rectum a grave? / Leo Bersani -- AIDS in the two Berlins / John Borneman -- How to have promiscuity in an epidemic / Douglas Crimp.