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T1 Of National Dignity: The Ethics of Care in Jim Wooten’s We Are All the Same (2005)
T2 Sobre la dignidad nacional: la ética del cuidado en We Are All the Same (2005) de Jim Wooten
A1 Ortega Montero, Óscar
K1 AIDS Denialism
K1 Post-Apartheid South Africa,
K1 Witness
K1 Ethics of Care
K1 National Dignity
AB South Africa’s battle with HIV/AIDS placed the country at the epicentre of the epidemicas the largest case study within the world. We Are All the Same (2005), a memoir on thelife of infected child Nkosi Johnson, puts the spotlight on the interface between ThaboMbeki’s AIDS denialism and the pressing need to challenge discriminatory attitudes inPost-Apartheid South Africa. In this paper I view the role of memoirs as mediators in conflictresolution, thereby giving people both the role of witness and access to realities of childrenliving with HIV/AIDS. Thus, memoirs operate not only as stand-ins of national issues suchas the preservation of constitutional rights or dignity in care but also as repositories of publicknowledge that are accessible to others. My analysis will illustrate the themes of the ethics ofcare and national dignity in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic within Wooten’s memoirto speak out about the violations of children’s rights in the areas of health and education.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
YR 2025
FD 2025
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 13-abr-2025