Once Upon A Virus / Diane E. Goldstein.

By:

Goldstein, Diane E

Contributor(s):

Project Muse [distributor]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2004Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 210 p.)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780874215878
9780874215106

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

614.5/99392/09718 22

LOC classification:

RA643.86.C22 N494 2004

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Contents:

Introduction : philosophizing in a war zone -- "Tag, you've got AIDS" : HIV in folklore and legend -- Bad people and body fluids : contemporary legend and AIDS discourse -- Making sense : narrative and the development of culturally appropriate health education -- What exactly did they do with that monkey, anyway? : contemporary legend, scientific speculation, and the politics of blame in the search for AIDS origins -- Welcome to the innocent world of AIDS : cultural viability, localization, and contemporary legend -- "Billy Ray virus" : the folk creation and official maintenance of a public health scapegoat -- "Banishing all the spindles from the kingdom" : reading needle-prick narratives as resistance -- Once upon a virus : public health and narrative as a proactive form.

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