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Book/Printed Material Once upon a virus : AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception

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Title

  • Once upon a virus : AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception

Names

  • Goldstein, Diane E.

Created / Published

  • Logan : Utah State University Press, [2004]
  • ©2004

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.

Headings

  • -  AIDS (Disease)--Newfoundland and Labrador
  • -  Risk perception
  • -  Health behavior
  • -  AIDS (Disease)--Legends

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xvi, 210 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RA643.86.C22

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715650

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Goldstein, Diane E. Once upon a virus: AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception. [Logan: Utah State University Press, ©, 2004] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020715650/.

APA citation style:

Goldstein, D. E. (2004) Once upon a virus: AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception. [Logan: Utah State University Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020715650/.

MLA citation style:

Goldstein, Diane E. Once upon a virus: AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception. [Logan: Utah State University Press, ©, 2004] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020715650/>.