AIDS / Aids
Chronicle of a Pandemic
The immunodeficiency disorder known as AIDS has claimed the lives of more than 40 million people globally since it was discovered. More than 3,500 people still contract HIV every day, but many have next to no access to HIV medication. To date, there remains no effective cure or vaccine.
Apart from the Spanish flu, no other epidemic cost so many lives in the 20th century. And no other illness triggered such sweeping and sustained social changes – in public discourse around sexuality,...
Apart from the Spanish flu, no other epidemic cost so many lives in the 20th century. And no other illness triggered such sweeping and sustained social changes – in public discourse around sexuality,...
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The immunodeficiency disorder known as AIDS has claimed the lives of more than 40 million people globally since it was discovered. More than 3,500 people still contract HIV every day, but many have next to no access to HIV medication. To date, there remains no effective cure or vaccine.
Apart from the Spanish flu, no other epidemic cost so many lives in the 20th century. And no other illness triggered such sweeping and sustained social changes – in public discourse around sexuality, in the visibility of homosexuality, and thus also for the emancipation of queer people.
Axel Schock tells the story of this pandemic: how a zoonotic pathogen spread across the globe, devastating entire communities. He describes the medical research, the social exclusion of HIV+ people, ánd the steadfast struggle of courageous activists. But first and foremost, Schock tells the story of the people behind the facts and figures. Diary entries, documents, and newspaper reports piece together to create a polyphonic panorama.
Apart from the Spanish flu, no other epidemic cost so many lives in the 20th century. And no other illness triggered such sweeping and sustained social changes – in public discourse around sexuality, in the visibility of homosexuality, and thus also for the emancipation of queer people.
Axel Schock tells the story of this pandemic: how a zoonotic pathogen spread across the globe, devastating entire communities. He describes the medical research, the social exclusion of HIV+ people, ánd the steadfast struggle of courageous activists. But first and foremost, Schock tells the story of the people behind the facts and figures. Diary entries, documents, and newspaper reports piece together to create a polyphonic panorama.
2026, 380 pages