Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorHiggins, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Kylieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:06:37Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:06:37Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 170-179).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the relation between political and semiotic representation and takes as its focus the marginalized social position of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. It argues that this position can best be understood as a space between life and death. It engages with Michel Foucault's concept of "bio-power" to interrogate what kinds of subjects are produced when power seizes hold of life and, in particular, what becomes of subjectivity when the body is abandoned by power; and also draws on the work of cultural theorists Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler to consider how conditions of life in South Africa in the time of HIV and AIDS both articulate with and exceed the bio-political. The dissertation first presents a brief account of the history of the epidemic and government responses to it, and then goes on to analyse a series of visual and textual representations of people living with HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationThomas, K. (2007). <i>Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8101en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationThomas, Kylie. <i>"Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8101en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationThomas, K. 2007. Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Thomas, Kylie AB - This dissertation examines the relation between political and semiotic representation and takes as its focus the marginalized social position of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. It argues that this position can best be understood as a space between life and death. It engages with Michel Foucault's concept of "bio-power" to interrogate what kinds of subjects are produced when power seizes hold of life and, in particular, what becomes of subjectivity when the body is abandoned by power; and also draws on the work of cultural theorists Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler to consider how conditions of life in South Africa in the time of HIV and AIDS both articulate with and exceed the bio-political. The dissertation first presents a brief account of the history of the epidemic and government responses to it, and then goes on to analyse a series of visual and textual representations of people living with HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa TI - Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8101 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8101
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationThomas K. Between life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8101en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleBetween life and death : HIV and AIDS and representation in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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