Overview
- Draws on in-depth interviews with a range of gay men from US, UK, Australia, France and Mexico
- Brings a much-needed fresh angle to the niche topic of bugchasing through its sociological analysis
- Grounds the work in a larger analysis of sexual fantasies through the real-life perspectives of gay men
Part of the book series: Health, Technology and Society (HTE)
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This book examines sexual fantasies and their influence on everyday life through the stories of twenty-two men who introduce themselves as bugchasers, i.e. gay men who eroticize HIV. The author defines bugchasing, charts its history and contexts, and considers how it has changed in the age of internet and PrEP. Through the participants, their experiences and contexts, this text also theorizes about sexual fantasies, seeking to understand how people define sexual fantasies and use the internet as a space to navigate their desires, meet others, and find support. Chapters also consider the practical implications of fantasy, most notably, how fantasies influence men’s decisions around HIV prevention and care. This book speaks to renewed interest in both the AIDS crisis and the sociology of everyday life to illustrate how fantasies such as bugchasing appear, evolve, and adapt.
This book will be of interest to scholars focused on queer studies, sexuality studies, gender studies, and healthcare.
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About the author
Jaime García-Iglesias holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester, has a degree in English from the University of Oviedo (Spain) and in Cultural Studies from the University of Nottingham. He has held the prestigious Mildred Baxter Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh and has led large-scale projects on sexuality, health and internet use across the UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Eroticizing of HIV
Book Subtitle: Viral Fantasies
Authors: Jaime García-Iglesias
Series Title: Health, Technology and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11352-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11351-2Published: 08 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11352-9Published: 07 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-3386
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 121
Topics: Queer Studies, Gender Studies, Medical Sociology