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1Department of Cultural Analysis and Theory, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5355, USA. Lisa.Diedrich@stonybrook.edu
The Journal of Medical Humanities
|March 12, 2013
Summary
This paper re-examines "the clinic" by exploring historical queer practices like women's health self-help and transversality. These challenge conventional medical history and broaden our understanding of AIDS activism's roots.
Area of Science:
- Medical Humanities
- Queer Theory
- History of Medicine
Background:
- The concept of
Observation:
- Examines historical queer practices predating AIDS and queer theory.
- Focuses on women's health self-help in the US and transversality in French Institutional Psychiatry.
- These practices challenged prevailing medical norms and thought.
Findings:
- These historical cases offer a queered perspective on clinical practices.
- They reveal connections between earlier critical and clinical practices and later AIDS activism.
- The study questions the conventional historical narrative of AIDS activism.
Implications:
- Suggests a re-evaluation of medical history through a queer lens.
- Highlights the importance of recognizing non-normative practices in shaping healthcare.
- Extends the historical understanding of queer activism and its precursors.
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