An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease /

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"In An Epidemic of Rumors, Jon D. Lee examines the human response to epidemics through the lens of the 2003 SARS epidemic. Societies usually respond to the eruption of disease by constructing stories, jokes, conspiracy theories, legends, and rumors, but these narratives are often more damaging...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lee, Jon D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Epidemics.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Communicable diseases > Public opinion > Psychological aspects.
Maladies infectieuses > Opinion publique > Aspect psychologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: ... And the World Moved On?
  • Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index.

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