Once Upon A Virus [electronic resource] / Diane E. Goldstein.
Material type: TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 210 p. )Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780874215106
- 614.5/99392/09718 22
- RA643.86.C22 N494 2004
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.
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