(Un)touchability: disclosure and the ethics of loss.
In this lyrical essay, I attempt to unravel the complexity behind new modes of HIV prevention and the rise of segregation among people of different antibody status in queer communities. In particular, I question the ease with which disclosure of HIV status is equated with safe sex. Because disclosure often reproduces the power dynamics of confession, I try to imagine an ethics of reciprocity in bearing witness. The essay is perforated by poetic fragments, the way all bodies are perforated, infected or not.
Armendinger
Brent
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English and World Literature, Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA. brent_armendinger@pitzer.edu
D017007:Duty to Warn; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D015483:HIV Antibodies