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Publication details [#51956]
Horne, Felicity. 2009. What does AIDS mean? Dominant metaphorical models in a selection of southern African AIDS-related poetry. scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa 14 (1) : 31–48. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This paper discusses metaphoric conceptualizations of AIDS in southern African AIDS-related poetry. It also considers the potential impact of the dominant apocalyptic, racial, military and gender models on popular and official attitude towards AIDS in South Africa.