The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore /

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"Disease is a social issue, not just a medical issue. Using specific legends and rumors, and exploring beliefs and practices that permeate notions of contagion and contamination, Kitta offers insight into vernacular conceptions of health and sickness and how medical and scientific institutions...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kitta, Andrea, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Communicable diseases > Folklore.
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Communicable diseases > Psychological aspects.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Fear of contamination > Folklore.
Folklore > Psychological aspects.
Health attitudes.
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Attitude to Health
Maladies infectieuses > Folklore.
Maladies infectieuses > Transmission.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect psychologique.
Molysmophobie > Folklore.
Folklore > Aspect psychologique.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Fear of contamination.
Communicable diseases.
Folklore.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The disease is coming from inside the house! Contagious disease, immigration, and patient zero
  • Supernatural contagion : slender man, suicide, violence, and slender sickness
  • "Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?" : the HPV vaccine, promiscuity, sexual orientation, and vulnerable people
  • The kiss of death.

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