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The AIDS Trilogy is a compilation of three plays by Walter de Jesus Fitzwater. The first, Between Me and My Virus, takes place during the late part of 1988. We see the fears and confusion of an individual who discovers that he is infected with the HIV virus. Later, during a support group he identifies with the struggles and confrontations of others who are infected. Finally, we see him take a closer look at himself and his nemesis and how to overcome the uncertainties within him. In the second, The Cure, the year is 2046. A couple of rebel students from the university, Shandra and Antonio have stolen a valuable piece of experimental equipment. With this apparatus, the resuscitator, they bring back to life, Roger who in the year 1994 was a hero. Because the peculiar nature of this man's blood the scientists discovered the cure for AIDS. The students also need this hero's unique bloods idiosyncrasy to help end their dilemma but malevolent forces kidnap Roger and keep them from achieving their goal. He is recaptured by the "good" doctor and there is an opportunity for this resurrected man to help society once again. Later Roger finds refuge with the elders of the town and to his surprise, they supply the answer that allows him to understand why he had to return to live again and embark on a new course in his new life. Finally, in the third play, Embargo, two brothers, Carlos and Lorenzo whose parents were born in Cuba are living in Miami, Florida. Their parents brought them up to grow in a land known as the "land of opportunity." The boys grew up together with every amenity their parents could afford: good schools, football games, even a scholarship to the university, yet today their political opinion is as different as freedom is from oppression. The play takes place after Elian Gonzalez has been sent back to Cuba, Nov. 2000. Carlos believes the embargo should be maintained and enforced and Lorenzo feels it should be lifted and a new relationships between the US and Cuba can be born from this.
Through Positive Eyes features photographs and stories from ten cities around the world by 130 HIV-positive "artivists," many using cameras for the first time. Originated as part of the global MAKE ART/STOP AIDS initiative, this project paints a vivid picture of the AIDS epidemic--after its initial outbreak, and as treatment becomes more widely available. It testifies to the resilient spirit of those facing the challenges of HIV.
In this first book to bring both establishment and dissenting views of the AIDS crisis into one volume, Gary Null unravels the halftruths that many argue have marred the study of this disease from the start. In clear, jargon-free prose, the book offers an unbiased, unflinching discussion of all sides of each issue. AIDS: A Second Opinion argues that the AIDS drama has exposed problematic issues having to do with the functioning of U.S. medical institutions. Null explores a new type of health care, grounded in patients' own choices and dispositions, that poses a challenge to the top-down, expert-controlled medical systems favored by the establishment. Drawing from Null's many years of study of alternative, traditional, and orthodox medicine as well as from interviews with many long-term survivors, the book dissects the claims of the AZT and drug-cocktail approach to treating AIDS and offers a trilogy of treatment strategies based on wide views of how to enhance the immune system and improve overall functioning.
Few people realize that the familiar HIV/AIDS global statistics are actually estimates. For example, UNAIDS estimated that the Republic of South Africa had 140,000 HIV/AIDS deaths in 1997. However, after tabulating all deaths for 1997, the Republic of South Africa attributed only 6,635 deaths to HIV/AIDS. Such discrepancies are rarely noted. The Republic of South Africa (RSA) stands as the exemplar of these discrepancies, and is reputed to have the world's largest AIDS epidemic with an estimated 5.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in 2008. Such PLWH estimates, as with the estimates of HIV/AIDS deaths, are highly questionable. The reasons behind these discrepancies are clarified by describing two common misunderstandings of HIV infection that contribute to poor mathematical modeling outcomes. Unfortunately, the health authorities in the Republic of South Africa grant more validity to computer-generated estimates than to their own empirical death counts. The author discusses why these modeled estimates, and the HIV sero-prevalence surveys upon which they are based, are simply implausible. Presented with full references are raw numerical data on: the tabulated number of HIV/AIDS deaths in the RSA; the number of AIDS cases detected by RSA disease surveillance systems; UNAIDS/WHO estimates for AIDS deaths in the RSA; and UNAIDS/WHO estimates for the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the RSA. The total cumulative HIV/AIDS cases in the United States and Africa are also presented for comparison, and to place the African and RSA data within appropriate epidemiological context. Overall, these data span from 1981 to 2009. Altogether, these data, plus additional information detailing the nature of HIV infection and heterosexual HIV transmission rates, explain why the hyperbolic mathematical estimates and HIV antibody test surveys - the primary sources of HIV/AIDS data in Africa - are simply implausible.
Move over James Bond; meet Captain Peterson Smith, formerly of the US Navy. Smith is the son of a famous senator. Hes a former US Navy SEAL, an F-14 pilot, and an intelligence specialistall without breaking a sweat. He even makes time to have coffee with his mother. Yes, Smith is the perfect soldier and perfect son and the only person on earth who can save the world from mass destruction. Follow Captain Smith through three separate vignettes into the brave world of minisubs in Sweden. We first meet the honorable Smith in Minisub 83, as the captain leaves his American home to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy. Theres no time to acclimate, however; he must use specially designed weapons against an evil foe. In Minisub 99, Smith must find a way to destroy wicked Dr. Dimitriovs underwater headquarters. If Dimitriov succeeds, he could blow the planet to smithereens! But of course Captain Smith has more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Finally, in the rousing, rampant Minisub 2010, the notorious Wizardess has plans for global domination by mining gold from the Martian surface. Can she be stopped? Its all up to Peterson Smith.
The re-issue of a remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming of age story out of the highly controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS. Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming more and more conscious of sexual feelings that he knew weren't "right." He was completely committed to Sela, his longtime girlfriend, but his attraction to Kelvin, whom he had met during his last year in law school, had become more than just a friendship. Fleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than ever before. New relationships--both male and female--give him enormous pleasure but keep him from finding the inner peace and lasting love he so desperately desires. The horrible illness and death of a friend eventually force Raymond, at last, to face the truth.
The Face of AIDS film archive at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, consists of more than 700 hours of unedited and edited footage, shot over a period of more than thirty years and all over the world by filmmaker and journalist Staffan Hildebrand. The material documents the HIV/AIDS pandemic and includes scenes from conferences and rallies, and interviews with activists, physicians, people with the infection, and researchers. It represents a global historical development from the early years of the AIDS crisis to a situation in which it is possible to live a normal life with the HIV virus. This volume brings together a range of academic perspectives – from media and film studies, medical history, gender studies, history, and cultural studies – to bear on the archive, shedding light on memories, discourses, trauma, and activism. Using a medical humanities framework, the editors explore the influence of historical representations of HIV/AIDS and stigma in a world where antiretroviral treatment has fundamentally altered the conditions under which many people diagnosed with HIV live. Organized into four sections, this book begins by introducing the archive and its role, setting it in a global context. The first part looks at methodological, legal and ethical issues around archiving memories of the present which are then used to construct histories of the past; something that can be particularly controversial when dealing with a socially stigmatized epidemic such as HIV/AIDS. The second section is devoted to analyses of particular films from the archive, looking at the portrayal of people living with HIV/AIDS, the narrative of HIV as a chronic illness and the contemporary context of particular films. The third section looks at how stigma and trauma are negotiated in the material in the Face of AIDS film archive, discussing ideas about suffering and culpability. The final section contributes perspectives on and by the filmmaker as activist and auteur. This interdisciplinary collection is placed at the intersection of medical humanities, sexuality studies and film and media studies, continuing a tradition of studies on the cultural and social understandings of HIV/AIDS.
French novels such as "Madame Bovary" and "The Stranger" are staples of high school and college literature courses. This work provides coverage of the French novel since its origins in the 16th century, with an emphasis on novels most commonly studied in high school and college courses in world literature and in French culture and civilization.