Visual Culture and Health Posters

Title:: AIDS Is a Fact

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Description:

This poster provides an apparently simple and straightforward message, but it also addresses a persistent taboo by making it the parent's responsibility to educate his or her children about condoms and safe sex. Despite the rather uncomplicated design in each of these posters, the images and messages are still ambiguous. One viewer, for instance, might identify an implicit moral message about love or responsible behavior in each of the posters, while another could question the sexual orientation of the subjects themselves.

NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (636,244 Bytes)

Date:

1989

Creator:

Erickson, T. Charles

Source:

Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.

This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/

IHM Order Number: A025292

Publisher:

New Haven Women's AIDS Coalition

Rights:

Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division.

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Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: HIV; Public Health

Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:: Safe Sex and Condoms

Exhibit Category:

HIV/AIDS

Relation:

I'm Serious about Love. I Use Condoms (1988)

Unique Identifier:

VCBBGX

Document Type:

Posters

Slides (photographs)

Language:

English

Format:

image/jpeg

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2010-06-03

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