AIDS and American Apocalypticism: The Cultural Semiotics of an Epidemic

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Index 239 Abdoh, Reza, 35, 190 Abrams, M. H., 9 AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), 67, 77, 78–79, 104, 113, 117–123, 127, 135, 136, 165, 175 AIDS service organizations and militant activism, 113–117 Akalaitis, JoAnne, 148 alchemy, 28, 146, 149–150, 152 Alter, Robert, 150 Altman, Lawrence, 72 Anderson, Jack, 42 Apocalypse (see Revelation, Book of) Apocalypse of Peter, 10 apocalyptic tropes angels, 141–176; Armageddon, 107– 140; exile, 29–62; jeremiad, 63–106 apocalypticism, 8–17, 20–25 Arendt, Hannah, 80, 94 Axelrod, Alan, 24 Barber, Benjamin, 182–183 Barnes, Clive, 99 Barrus, Tim, 89 Barthes, Roland, 58–59 Baudrillard, Jean, 192–193 Bawer, Bruce, 174 Bell, Arthur, 74, 77 Bell, Pearl, 53 Benveniste, Emile, 151–152 Bercovitch, Sacvan, 61–62, 63–64, 65, 102, 103 Bergman, David, 69, 102 Birdstone, Alabama, 89 Bloom, Harold, 152, 153, 174, 189 Bourdieu, Pierre, 8, 36, 82–83, 152 Brooke, John L., 145 Brown, Charles Brockden and Arthur Mervyn (novel), 22–25 Brumett, Barry, 9 Bryant, Anita, 3–4, 88 Bull, Chris, 187–188 Butler, Judith, 35, 166 Capp, Bernard, 11 Carey, Matthew, 24, 25 Carlson, Marvin, 37, 52, 62 Carrington, Karin Lofthus, 194 Cassara, Ernest, 21 Champion, Rev. Dr. W. C., 194 Chauncey, George, 31–32 Chesley, Robert, 72–73, 75, 77, 89, 158 Chilton, David, 7 Christian fundamentalism, 1–8, 12, 87, 88, 187–188 Cohen, Ed, 36 Cohn, Roy, 85, 148, 153, 154 Columbus, Christopher, 21, 141–142 Couliano, I. P., 10 Crimp, Douglas, 120, 121 Cromwell, Robert, 76 Dannemeyer, Congressman William, 7, 47, 87 Dellamora, Richard, 16–17, 49 D'Emilio, John, 101–102 Dickinson, Peter, 15 Diseased Pariah News ('zine), 82, 93 240 Index Dolan, Jill, 37 Doty, Mark, 196–197 Drake, David and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (play), 27, 30, 34, 45–52, 175 Drake, Sylvia, 45 Dreuilhe, Emmanuel, 159 Duberman, Martin, 69 Dunne, John S., 193 Edelman, Lee, 101 Erni, John Nguyet, 67 Fain, Nathan, 74 Falwell, Rev. Jerry, 2, 87, 88, 107, 119, 188 Fauci, Dr. Anthony, 47, 79–80, 81, 93 Feingold, Michael, 100 Festinger, Leon, 61 Fox, Daniel, 112 Frohnmyer, 41 Fukuyama, Francis, 181 Fuller, Robert, 22 Gallagher, John, 187–188 Gallo, Robert, 47 Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), 67, 77, 78, 84, 89, 101, 104 Gayle, Dr. Helen, 195 genocide AIDS crisis as, 89, 94–95 gnosticism, 143–144, 158, 189 Goldberg, Jonathan, 21 Goodman, Beth, 44 Gorna, Robin, 186 Gornick, Vivian, 137, 138 Grabo, Norman S., 22 Grahn, Judy, 190 Gran Fury (art collective), 119, 122 Greeley, Rev. Andrew, 158, 187 Greenwich Village, 27, 31–33, 62, 76, 88, 89, 107, 126, 127, 132 Haber, Richard, 75 Hardt, Michael, 182 Haring, Keith, 120 Harris, Bertha, 53 Harris, Daniel, 189 Harrison, Barbara, 69 Harrison, Beverly Wildung, 194 Harvey, Andrew, 198 Haver, William, 180 Helms, Sen. Jesse, 41, 44, 87 Heyward, Carter, 194 Hirsch, Michael, 75, 114 Hodge, Robert, 8, 18, 19, 20, 53, 57, 152, 178, 179 Hofstadter, Richard, 103 Holleran, Andrew, 41, 110, 159 Holocaust AIDS crisis as, 89, 90, 91, 94, 118 Hopcke, Robert, 162 Hunter, John Francis, 89 Islamic fundamentalism, 182–183 Judaism, 11, 87, 91–92, 118, 141, 144–145, 146, 159, 161, 170, 171–172 Jung, Carl and Jungian theory, 28, 146, 152, 162–163, 165, 167–169 Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, 28, 141–142, 144–145, 146, 149, 150, 152, 158 Kantrowitz, Arnie, 75 Kayal, Philip, 101 Keller, Catherine, 15 Kendrick, Walter, 57 Koch, Mayor Ed, 47, 81, 85, 86 Koestenbaum, Wayne, 53 Koresh, David and Branch Davidians, 181 Kramer, Larry, 27, 45, 63–105, 175; "1,112 and Counting" (op-ed essay), 63, 72, 88–89; letter to the editor of New York Native, and responses, 72–77; Faggots (novel), 65, 67–72; The Destiny of Me (play), 81–82, 97–98; The Normal Heart (play), 83–85, 91–92, 97; Just 241 Index Say No: A Play About a Farce (play), 85–87; critical reception, 99–103 Kress, Gunther, 18, 19, 57, 152, 178, 179 Kristeva, Julia, 12 Kugler, Paul, 167 Kushner, Tony, 28, 141, 142, 146–158, 175; Angels in America (play), 146–158 LaHaye, Tim, 6 Lahr, John, 148 Larson, Jonathan and Rent (rock musical), 131–132 Lauritsen, John, 110 Lavender Hill Mob, 114 Lawson, D. S., 99 Lesbian Avengers, 27, 109, 112, 123– 126, 175 Lester, Calu, 194 Levin, Jim, 90 Lifton, Robert Jay, 182 Limbaugh, Rush, 47 Lippy, Charles...