AIDS and the sexuality of law : ironic jurisprudence / Joe Rollins.

By:

Rollins, Joe Neil, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.Description: x, 244 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0312240066

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DDC classification:

344.73/04369792 21

LOC classification:

KF3803.A54 R65 2004

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Summary: 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 the ironic processes of the law whereby material reality, ignorance, and belief interact to replace unknowns with 'social facts.' The book concludes optimistically, arguing that there is political value in uncertainty.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	KF3803.A54 R65 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT00912

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.

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 the ironic processes of the law whereby material reality, ignorance, and belief interact to replace unknowns with 'social facts.' The book concludes optimistically, arguing that there is political value in uncertainty.

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