Banning Queer Blood
Rhetorics of Citizenship, Contagion, and Resistance
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2009
The University of Alabama Press (Verlag)
978-0-8173-1664-8 (ISBN)
The University of Alabama Press (Verlag)
978-0-8173-1664-8 (ISBN)
Frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. This book argues that the Food and Drug Administration, by employing images that specifically depict gay men as contagious, has categorized gay men as a menace to the nation.
In ""Banning Queer Blood"", Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. However, with the advent of AIDS came the notion of blood donation as a potentially dangerous process. Bennett argues that the Food and Drug Administration, by employing images that specifically depict gay men as contagious, has categorized gay men as a menace to the nation. The FDA's ban on blood donation by gay men remains in effect and serves to propagate the social misconceptions about gay men that circulate within both the straight and gay communities today. Bennett explores the role of scientific research cited by these banned-blood policies and its disquieting relationship to government agencies, including the FDA. Bennett draws parallels between the FDA's position on homosexuality and the historical precedents of discrimination by government agencies against racial minorities. The author concludes by describing the resistance posed by queer donors, who either lie in order to donate blood or protest discrimination at donation sites, and by calling for these prejudiced policies to be abolished.
In ""Banning Queer Blood"", Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. However, with the advent of AIDS came the notion of blood donation as a potentially dangerous process. Bennett argues that the Food and Drug Administration, by employing images that specifically depict gay men as contagious, has categorized gay men as a menace to the nation. The FDA's ban on blood donation by gay men remains in effect and serves to propagate the social misconceptions about gay men that circulate within both the straight and gay communities today. Bennett explores the role of scientific research cited by these banned-blood policies and its disquieting relationship to government agencies, including the FDA. Bennett draws parallels between the FDA's position on homosexuality and the historical precedents of discrimination by government agencies against racial minorities. The author concludes by describing the resistance posed by queer donors, who either lie in order to donate blood or protest discrimination at donation sites, and by calling for these prejudiced policies to be abolished.
Jeffrey A. Bennett is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. He has published articles in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies in Media Communication, The Journal of Homosexuality, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and Text and Performance Quarterly.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.7.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Rhetoric, Culture & Social Critique |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): John Louis Lucaites |
| Verlagsort | Alabama |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 489 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hämatologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8173-1664-7 / 0817316647 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8173-1664-8 / 9780817316648 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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