AIDS in French Culture: Social Ills, Literary Cures

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The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street Madison, Wisconsin 53711 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/ 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England Copyright © 2001 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Caron, David. AIDS in French culture : social ills, literary cures / David Caron. pp. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-17290-2 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-299-17294-5 (paper: alk. paper) 1. AIDS (Disease)—Social aspects—France. 2. Metaphor. 3. France—Civilization. 4. AIDS (Disease) in literature. 5. Literature and medicine—France. 6. Homosexuality— France. I. Title. RA643.86.F7 C37 2001 362.1′969792′00944—dc21 2001001949 For Alex, of course ...