Date Thesis Awarded

6-2021

Access Type

Honors Thesis -- Open Access

Degree Name

Bachelors of Arts (BA)

Department

History

Advisor

Jay Watkins

Committee Members

Charles McGovern

Alison Scott

Abstract

This paper uses subaltern accounts of the hemophilia community's experiences with AIDS to more fully understand the extent, causes, and aftereffects of HIV in the blood supply. It argues that these accounts have been partially hidden by actors who would prefer to obfuscate their involvement in the creation and distribution of contaminated blood products, and uses that deliberate denial of the past as a starting point to consider the significance and ongoing legacy of the tainted factor crisis.

Recommended Citation

Hubbert, William, "Solidarity and Solitude: Disrupted Memories of AIDS in the Hemophilia Community" (2021). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1692.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1692