Tag Archives: Autobiography
Private Writing, Political Action: Written AIDS Testimony in France, 1986–1993
How private writing became a political act for people living with AIDS in France in the 1980s. Continue reading
Michel Simonin: Breaking the Silence about AIDS in 1980s France
Michel Simonin’s personal and political struggle to speak publicly about his experience of living with AIDS helped to break the silence imposed on PWAs (people with AIDS) in France in the mid 1980s. Continue reading
Dr Sam Ferguson: Academic Translator and Researcher in French literature 