Notorious H.I.V. : The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams ISBN: 9780816695898 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Social Science;
In 1997, public authorities were granted an exception to New YorkOCOs HIV confidentiality lawOCoand released Nushawn WilliamsOCOs name and picture to the press. Williams, who is HIV-positive, had had unprotected sex with young women and infected at least nine of them. Thomas Shevory sorts through the ensuing media panic and legal imbroglio to tell the story behind the Nushawn Williams case."