Goldstein, Diane E, <br/><br/>
Once Upon A Virus  [print] 
Diane E. Goldstein. 
 - Logan :  Utah State University Press,  (c)2004. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages) 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : philosophizing in a war zone ; --  "Tag, you've got AIDS" : HIV in folklore and legend--  --  Bad people and body fluids : contemporary legend and AIDS discourse--  --  Making sense : narrative and the development of culturally appropriate health education--  --  What exactly did they do with that monkey, anyway? : contemporary legend, scientific speculation, and the politics of blame in the search for AIDS origins--  --  Welcome to the innocent world of AIDS : cultural viability, localization, and contemporary legend ; --  "Billy Ray virus" : the folk creation and official maintenance of a public health scapegoat ; --  "Banishing all the spindles from the kingdom" : reading needle-prick narratives as resistance--  --  Once upon a virus : public health and narrative as a proactive form. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780874215106 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AIDS (Disease)--Legends.<br/>AIDS (Disease)--Newfoundland and Labrador.<br/>Health behavior.<br/>Risk perception.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA643 RA643.P964.O534 2004