AIDS TV: Identity, Community, and Alternative Video

by Alexandra Juhasz

Book Overview

Camcorder AIDS activism is a prime example of a new form of political expression-an outburst of committed, low-budget, community-produced, political video work made possible by new accessible technologies. As Alexandra Juhasz looks at this phenomenon-why and how video has become the medium for so much AIDS activism-she also tries to make sense of the bigger picture: How is this work different from mainstream television? How does it alter what we think...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822316951
• ISBN13: 9780822316954
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"