The Life and Death of Ryan White
AIDS and Inequality in America
$71.40
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2024
Summary
In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through contaminated blood products. In 1985, he became a household name after he was barred from attending his Indiana middle school. As Ryan appeared on nightly news broadcasts and graced the covers of popular magazines, he was embraced by music ico…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781469680859 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1469680858 |
| Author: | Paul M. Renfro |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2024 |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
| Series: | Gender and American Culture |
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Critics Review
“Thoughtful … . A compact and knowledgeable study of the “poster boy” of the AIDS epidemic.”—Kirkus Reviews “When it comes to media coverage of HIV, few Americans have garnered as many headlines as Ryan White. But there is a difference between the person and the cultural figure … . [Renfro] plumbs the depths of those contrasts [and] puts the late AIDS activist’s life into context.”—POZ Magazine
About The Author
Paul M. Renfro
Paul M. Renfro is associate professor of history at Florida State University and author of Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State.
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