{"id":219,"date":"2012-06-04T19:12:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/?p=219"},"modified":"2012-06-08T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T21:46:03","slug":"politics-tragedy-and-six-feet-under-camp-aesthetics-and-mourning-in-post-aids-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/articles\/politics-tragedy-and-six-feet-under-camp-aesthetics-and-mourning-in-post-aids-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics, Tragedy, and \u2018Six Feet Under\u2019: Camp Aesthetics and Mourning in Post-AIDS America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2012\/06\/Reading-Six-Feet-Under.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-414\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2012\/06\/Reading-Six-Feet-Under-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2012\/06\/Reading-Six-Feet-Under-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2012\/06\/Reading-Six-Feet-Under.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>This essay argues that the HBO television series\u00a0Six Feet Under\u00a0is so powerful because it draws on a rich and sophisticated tradition of mourning developed in the gay community in response to the HIV\/AIDS crisis. It links the series to Tony Kushner\u2019s\u00a0Angels in America, Jonathan Larson\u2019s\u00a0Rent, Michael Cunningham\u2019s\u00a0The Hours, as well as international responses to the epidemic, such as Rosa von Praunheim\u2019s\u00a0A Virus Knows No Morals\u00a0and John Grayon\u2019s\u00a0Zero Patience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics, Tragedy, and \u2018Six Feet Under\u2019: Camp Aesthetics and Mourning in Post-AIDS America,\u201d in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reading \u201cSix Feet Under\u201d: Television to Die For<\/span>, ed. Kim Akass and Janet McCabe (New York: Palgrave, 2005) 87-95.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This essay argues that the HBO television series\u00a0Six Feet Under\u00a0is so powerful because it draws on a rich and sophisticated tradition of mourning developed in the gay community in response to the HIV\/AIDS crisis. It links the series to Tony &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/articles\/politics-tragedy-and-six-feet-under-camp-aesthetics-and-mourning-in-post-aids-america\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Politics, Tragedy, and \u2018Six Feet Under\u2019: Camp Aesthetics and Mourning in Post-AIDS America<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4349,12130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-published-pieces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rtobin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}