The AIDS Movie: Representing a Pandemic in Film and Television

by Kylo-Patrick R. Hart

Book Overview

Are people with HIV/AIDS treated fairly in films?Here is a compelling book that provides you with a thorough examination of how HIV/AIDS is characterized and portrayed in film and how this portrayal affects American culture. The AIDS Movie: Representing a Pandemic in Film and Television uncovers the primary ways that films about HIV/AIDS influence American ideology and contribute to society's view of the disease. In The AIDS Movie, professors and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789011085
• ISBN13: 9780789011084
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.4"