AIDS and the Sexuality of Law: Ironic Jurisprudence

by J Rollins

AIDS and the Sexuality of Law investigates the role that HIV/AIDS has played in the legal construction of sexuality. AIDS and its metaphors have been judicially enlisted to patrol the boundaries of heterosexuality, producing flawed understandings of HIV/AIDS and sexuality. The proliferation of this flawed knowledge through judicial discourse has had a profound impact on the way sexuality is understood. Even more fundamentally, closer analysis exposes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349387134
• ISBN13: 9781349387137
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"