Viral Cultures - Marika Cifor

Delves Deep Into The Archives That Keep The History And Work Of Aids Activism Alive Serving As A Vital Supplement To The Existing Scholarship On Aids Activism Of The 1980s And 1990s, Viral Cultures Is The First Book To Critically Examine The Archives That Have Helped Preserve And Create The Legacy Of Those Radical Activities. Marika Cifor Charts The Efforts Activists, Archivists, And Curators Have Made To Document The Work Of Aids Activism In The United States And The Infrastructure Developed To Maintain It, Safeguarding The Material For Future Generations To Remember These Social Movements And To Revitalize The Epidemics Past In Order To Remake The Present And Future Of Aids. Drawing On Large Institutional Archives Such As The York Public Library, As Well As Those Developed By Small, Community-based Organizations, This Work Of Archival Ethnography Details How Contemporary Activists, Artists, And Curators Use These Records To Build On The Cultural Legacy Of Aids Activism To Challenge The Conditions Of Injustice That Continue To Undergird Current Aids Crises.