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Contagious : Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative /

Shows how narratives of contagion structure communities of belonging and how the lessons of these narratives are incorporated into sociological theories of cultural transmission and community formation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wald, Priscilla
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Imagined immunities: the epidemiology of belonging
  • The healthy carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and social being
  • Communicable Americanism: social contagion and urban spaces
  • Viral cultures: microbes and politics in the Cold War
  • "The Columbus of AIDS": the invention of "Patient Zero."