Once Upon A Virus

Goldstein, Diane E.

ISBN 10: 0874215870 / ISBN 13: 9780874215878

Published by Utah State University Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Once Upon A Virus
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874215870
• ISBN 13: 9780874215878
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Once Upon a Virus explores how contemporary, or "urban," legends are indicators of culturally complex attitudes toward health and illness. Tracing the rich tradition of AIDS legends in relation to current scholarship on belief, Diane Goldstein shows how such stories not only articulate widespread perceptions of risk, health care, and health policy, they also influence official and scientific approaches to the disease and its management. Notions that appear in narratives of who gets AIDS, how and why, are indicators of broad issues involving health beliefs, concerns, and needs.

About the Author

Diane E. Goldstein is associate professor of folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland and is cross-appointed to Memorial University s School of Medicine. She is editor of Talking AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, one of the earliest anthologies on AIDS, and has extensive experience working on AIDS policy-making initiatives with the Canadian government. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of American Folklore, Folklore, Ethnologies, Contemporary Legend, and The Journal of Applied Folklore