The politics of the body and the body politic : Magic Johnson and the ideology of AIDS
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die Politik des Körpers und die Körperpolitik : Magic Johnson und die Ideologie von AIDS |
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| Autor: | King, Samantha |
| Erschienen in: | Sociology of sport journal |
| Veröffentlicht: | 10 (1993), 3, S. 170-285, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0741-1235, 1543-2785 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199311068975 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
This paper analyzed the discourse surrounding AIDS and HIV in the light of Magic Johnsons public announcement that he was HIV positive. In the context of the New Right backlash of the 1980s, the bodies of Johnson and others have been used to (re)produce specific, narrowly defined messages about the meaning of AIDS and the HIV virus. Commercial and professional sports interests have used this event to enter into a well established discourse that reproduces and reinforces the dominant messages of homophobia and misogyny surrounding the syndrome. Verf.-Referat