The American public responded to the first cases of AIDS with fear and panic. Both policymakers and activists were concerned not only with stopping the spread of the disease, but also with guiding the public's response toward those already infected. "Fatal Advice" is an examination of how the nation attempted, with mixed results, to negotiate the fears and concerns brought on by the epidemic. A leading writer on the cultural politics of AIDS, Cindy Patton guides us through the thicket of mass-media productions, policy and public health enterprises, and activist projects as they sprang up to meet the challenge of the epidemic, shaping the nation's notion of what safe-sex is and who ought to know what about it. There is the official story, and then there is another, involving local groups and AIDS activists.Going back to early government and activist attempts to spread information, Patton traces a slow separation between official advice and that provided by those on the front lines in the battle against AIDS. She shows how American anxieties about teen sex played into the nation's inadequate education and protection of its young people, and chronicles the media's attempts to encourage compassion without broaching the touchy subject of sex or disrupting the notion that AIDS was a disease of social and sexual outcasts. Her overview of the relationship between shifting medical perceptions and safe-sex advice reveals why radical safe-sex educators eventually turned to sexually explicit, including pornographic, representations to spread their message - and why even these extreme tactics could not overcome the misguided national teaching on AIDS.Patton closes with a stirring manifesto, an urgent call to action for all those who do not want to see the hard lessons of AIDS education and activism wasted, or, with these lessons, the loss of so many more lives.
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总的来说,这是一部能够让人投入其中,并且在合上书页后依然久久回味的佳作。它在情节设置、人物塑造、叙事技巧以及语言风格上都有着不俗的表现,共同构建了一个引人入胜的故事世界。我强烈推荐给所有喜欢深度阅读,并且对精彩故事有所追求的读者。这本书的阅读体验是多层次的,既有视觉上的冲击,也有情感上的共鸣,更有思想上的启发。它不仅仅是一次短暂的消遣,更像是一次与书中人物和故事的深度对话,让人受益匪浅。
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评分这本书最令我赞叹的是其人物塑造的深度。每一个角色,即便是配角,都仿佛拥有自己的生命和故事,不是扁平化的符号,而是有血有肉、有情感、有动机的个体。他们的行为逻辑清晰,即使有时令人费解,却也能在故事的推进中找到合理的解释。作者没有回避人性的阴暗面,也没有刻意美化,而是真实地展现了人物的挣扎、困惑、成长与蜕变。我尤其喜欢其中某一个角色的弧光,他/她的转变过程真实而令人信服,充满了力量。这种对人物内心世界的细致描摹,让整个故事更加丰满和动人。
评分在阅读过程中,我时常被作者独特的语言风格所吸引。那种简洁却富有力量的文字,如同雕刻般精准,将画面和情感跃然纸上。有时,寥寥数语便能勾勒出宏大的场景,有时,一段对话便能揭示人物深层的内心。我喜欢那种能够让人产生画面感的文字,这本书在这方面做得尤为出色。它没有华丽的辞藻堆砌,却能通过最精炼的表达,触动读者的神经。这种艺术性的语言运用,无疑为这本书增添了不少光彩,也让我更加享受阅读的每一个瞬间。
评分这部作品的封面设计着实吸引了我,那种略带压抑却又充满故事感的色彩运用,让人忍不住想要一探究竟。在翻开书页之前,我便对其宏大的世界观和复杂的人物关系充满了期待。作者在开篇之处,便营造了一种悬疑而引人入胜的氛围,仿佛将读者置身于一个精心编织的迷局之中。那些看似不经意的伏笔,巧妙地穿插在字里行间,让人在阅读过程中不断猜测,试图拨开迷雾,触及真相。我特别欣赏作者对于细节的刻画,无论是场景的描绘,还是人物的心理活动,都显得极为细腻真实,让人能够感同身受。这种沉浸式的阅读体验,是评价一本书好坏的重要标准之一。
评分Citizenship and sexuality...interesting relationship!
评分Citizenship and sexuality...interesting relationship!
评分Citizenship and sexuality...interesting relationship!
评分Citizenship and sexuality...interesting relationship!
评分Citizenship and sexuality...interesting relationship!
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