Once Upon A Virus
Goldstein, Diane E.
Once Upon A Virus [electronic resource] / Diane E. Goldstein. - Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xvi, 210 p. ) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780874215106
AIDS (Disease)--Legends.
Health behavior.
Risk perception.
AIDS (Disease)--Newfoundland and Labrador.
Electronic books.
RA643.86.C22 / N494 2004
614.5/99392/09718
Once Upon A Virus [electronic resource] / Diane E. Goldstein. - Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xvi, 210 p. ) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780874215106
AIDS (Disease)--Legends.
Health behavior.
Risk perception.
AIDS (Disease)--Newfoundland and Labrador.
Electronic books.
RA643.86.C22 / N494 2004
614.5/99392/09718