The "Unsaid" According to People Living with HIV : An Analysis of the Narrative Surrounding HIV Infection Prevention

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  • <特集論文 1>HIV陽性者によって「語られなかったこと」-- HIV感染予防をめぐる語りの分析から

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Abstract

This study is an analysis of the narrative regarding HIV infection prevention by people with HIV. The first half of the study is a content analysis of four books written by people who were HIV positive and the last half is a content analysis of narratives from interviews with five HIV positive "out" gay men. The analysis's perspective of looking at "the unsaid" relates to the power of public health authorities to determine AIDS policy, in other words, what is referred to as "biopolitics" in the work of Michel Foucault. Biopolitics has suppressed the experiences of people who are living with HIV/AIDS and confronting death; on the other hands, it conversely has attempted to strengthen prevention policy. The narratives of HIV positive individuals, such as how they became infected, what they realized by becoming infected, how their previous lives were transformed, and how they are careful about sharing those experiences with others, recede into the background, while the importance of HIV "prevention" receives emphasis. Especially, since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV/AIDS is ever less closely associated with death. However, thinking about how one may be able to live while embracing death in life may be an opportunity to consider how biopolitics could be resisted.

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    Contact zone 10 (2018), 143-162, 2018-06-30

    京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 文化人類学分野

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  • CRID
    1050282810837026432
  • NII Article ID
    120006491933
  • NII Book ID
    AA12260795
  • ISSN
    21885974
  • HANDLE
    2433/232962
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
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    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN

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