Contagious : Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wald, Priscilla
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
S.
epidemie > maladie infectieuse > representation (psychologie) > 20e s. > 21e s. (debut)
epidemie > maladie infectieuse > 20e s. > 21e s. (debut)
croyance populaire > epidemie > maladie infectieuse > 20e s. > 21e s. (debut)
Culturele verschillen.
Seksueel overdraagbare aandoeningen.
Besmettelijke ziekten.
Sozialmedizin
Massenmedien
Prävention
Angst
Verbreitung
Epidemie
Epidemics.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Carrier state (Communicable diseases)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Medecine > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Porteurs de germes.
Maladies infectieuses emergentes > Histoire.
History, 21st Century
History, 20th Century
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Carrier State
Disease Transmission, Infectious > history
Communications Media > history
Disease Outbreaks > history
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > history
Emerging infectious diseases > History.
Epidemics > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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."

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