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
Main Author: Kitta, Andrea, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Health attitudes.
Folklore > Psychological aspects.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Communicable diseases.
Fear of contamination.
Attitudes à l'egard de la sante.
Folklore > Aspect psychologique.
Molysmophobie > Folklore.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect psychologique.
Maladies infectieuses > Transmission.
Maladies infectieuses > Folklore.
Attitude to Health
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Fear of contamination > Folklore.
Communicable diseases > Psychological aspects.
Communicable diseases > Folklore.
Folklore.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 can use cultural literacy"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (202 pages): color maps
ISBN:9781607329275

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