Publications

Publication details [#14467]

Jones, Rodney H. 1998. Two faces of AIDS in Hong Kong: culture and the construction of the 'AIDS celebrity'. Discourse & Society 9 (3) : 309–338.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | intercultural communication

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This article looks at the public identity construction of two HIV-positive individuals in Hong Kong. It is observed that the interactional dynamics between the parties involved, combined with cultural perspectives on the self and communication explains the nature of the media presentations.