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- Title
Trusting in rubber: Performing boundaries during the AIDS epidemic.
- Authors
McGrath, John Edward
- Abstract
Discusses the use and reinvention of boundaries and images introduced by AIDS in Jeff Weiss' theatrical soap opera `Hot Keys' and Ron Athey's theatrical production `Martyrs and Saints'. Imagery of Michael Taussig's `space of death'; Athey's display of his pierced and tattooed body; Rubber, latex and skin as protective devices; Weiss' emphasis on the presence of a cure for AIDS; Music; Audience reaction.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AIDS &; the arts; HOT Keys (Theatrical production); MARTYRS &; Saints (Theatrical production)
- Publication
TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press), 1995, Vol 39, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1054-2043
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.2307/1146443