The humanised Aids patient increasingly finds itself a part of mainstream popular rhetoric.
There was a time however, when the Aids patient was no more than a disease ravaged corpse
without rights. Conventional histories and analyses tend to gloss over this fact, or argue that
the new, authentic patient is a triumph of wisdom over brute ignorance, fear and superstition.
Such accounts overlook their own role and the part played by the bio-medical sciences in
constructing the Aids patient. This thesis, in contradistinction, traces the Aids patient's
portrayal in South African bio-medical discourses, applying to it the work of Michel
Foucault. In doing so the dynamic interactions of power and knowledge are brought under
the spotlight. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17216 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Lightfoot, Neil Gordon |
| Contributors | Butchart, Alexander, 1961- |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vi, 109 leaves) |
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