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1. Thomas Long Dissertation, #1
2. Thomas Long Dissertation, #2
3. Thomas Long Dissertation, #3
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Record Number
132
Date Range
1981 - 1996
Size
3 inches
This collection contains approximately three inches of content stored in three folders. It is a draft of Dr. Thomas Lawrence Long’s doctoral dissertation which eventually became the book AIDS and American Apocalypticism: The Cultural Semiotics of an Epidemic published in 2012. The dissertation focuses on the discourse of AIDS in New York City between 1981 and 1996. This piece examines apocolyptic tropes and HIV/AIDS effected/infected communities and how these tropes help contribute to the culture within the gay community in New York City. Thomas L. Long examines the ways in which gay and AIDS activists, artists, writers, scientists, and journalists appropriated this apocalyptic rhetoric in order to mobilize attention to the medical crisis, prevent the spread of the disease, and treat the HIV infected. Dr. Long explores this topic through performing arts, theater, history, and literary criticism.
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1. Thomas Long Dissertation, #1
2. Thomas Long Dissertation, #2
3. Thomas Long Dissertation, #3
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