Preface; Introduction; 1. Moral Panics and Media Politics; 2. Small-Town Mythologies and the History of a Place; 3. Of Myths and Monsters; 4. State Power, Law, and the Sequestration of Disease; 5. HIV Culpability and the Politics of Crime; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Summary
In 1997, public authorities were granted an exception to New York's HIV confidentiality law--and released Nushawn Williams's name and picture to the press. Williams, who is HIV-positive, had had unprotected sex with young women and infected at least nine of them. Thomas Shevory sorts through the ensuing media panic and legal imbroglio to tell the story behind the Nushawn Williams case
