Once Upon A Virus / Diane E. Goldstein.
| Author/creator | Goldstein, Diane E. |
| Other author | Project Muse. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2004. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages ) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
| Subjects |
| Series | Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004010414 |
| ISBN | 9780874215106 |