Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH

This article aims at understanding he wave of criminalization of sexual transmission of HIV, since the early 2000s, in many countries (including Canada, Britain, France and Belgium), when HIV became a chronic diseases through effective antiretroviral treatments. In order to capture more accurately t...

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Main Author: Charlotte Pezeril
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Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2016-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/3763
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description This article aims at understanding he wave of criminalization of sexual transmission of HIV, since the early 2000s, in many countries (including Canada, Britain, France and Belgium), when HIV became a chronic diseases through effective antiretroviral treatments. In order to capture more accurately the links between the global and the local use of the law and the mobilizations it entails, this article presents an ethnographic analysis of the trial of Huy, which is the first conviction for sexual transmission of HIV in Belgium in 2011. This trial shows how gender relations, "race" and class structure exchanges, making intersectional analysis unavoidable, and how it ultimately constitutes a "government of HIV-positive body" based on a new serological responsibility.
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spellingShingle Charlotte Pezeril
Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
Genre, Sexualité et Société
intersectionality
globalization
HIV/AIDS
criminalization
risk
title Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
title_full Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
title_fullStr Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
title_full_unstemmed Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
title_short Le gouvernement des corps séropositifs. Dynamique de pénalisation de la transmission sexuelle du VIH
title_sort le gouvernement des corps seropositifs dynamique de penalisation de la transmission sexuelle du vih
topic intersectionality
globalization
HIV/AIDS
criminalization
risk
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/3763
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