Intimate Diary of an AIDS Patient. An Approximation to the "Medical Gaze" with Foucault and Guibert

Authors

  • Natividad Garrido Rodríguez Sección de Filosofía, Facultad de Humanidades. Universidad de La Laguna

Abstract

Taking Foucault"™s analyses as starting point, the objective of this work is to illustrate, through the literary activity of Hervé Guibert with his diary as an AIDS patient, the process of the "medical gaze" in the objectification of the disease. The process of objectification of the AIDS as disease turns into a paradigm worthy of analyse, from bioethics and biopolitics perspective. Approach allows us to enter in questions, such as: the inhuman and instrumental relationship of the doctor /patient, the objectification and stigma of the homosexual body and the social panic occurs.

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Published

2018-01-31

How to Cite

Garrido Rodríguez, N. (2018). Intimate Diary of an AIDS Patient. An Approximation to the "Medical Gaze" with Foucault and Guibert. Dilemata, (26), 247–255. Retrieved from https://dilemata.net/revista/index.php/dilemata/article/view/412000193

Issue

No. 26 (2018): Vulnerabilidad, justicia y salud global

Section

Debate

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