Once Upon A Virus Diane E. Goldstein.

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Online Access: Access E-Book
Access Note:Open Access.
Main Author: Goldstein, Diane E.
Corporate Author: Project Muse.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of 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.