Alex Preda, AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge.(Book review)

From: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Alex Preda, AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. $70.00 hardback.

The purpose of this book is to examine the historical relationship between the rhetoric of risk and medical knowledge pertaining to AIDS. Rhetoric is meant not only to persuade an audience that the topic of AIDS is a crucial one, but also speaks to social practices as producing knowledge. Preda mentions the globalization of the "AIDS risk" and how the concept of "risk" may be interpreted and communicated to the target audience both directly, indirectly, infected and ...

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