Once Upon A Virus /
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| Language: | English |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
2004.
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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.