Abstract
This essay demonstrates how two U.S. zines produced from 1990 to 1999 by and for gay men with HIV/AIDS-Diseased Pariah News (DPN) and Infected Faggot Perspectives (IFP)-constitute counterpublics. I demonstrate how DPN and IFP constitute counterpublics through thematization of two important forms of difference-blood status (HIV-positive or HIV-negative), and political ideology. I then specify and elaborate primary modes of corporeal expressivity in the zines-the erotic/sexual and the grotesque-to demonstrate the work that each mode does for the counterpublics.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 351-371 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Critical Studies in Media Communication |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2005 |
Keywords
- Corporeal
- Counterpublic
- Erotic
- Grotesque
- HIV/AIDs
- Zines
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication