Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative

(Part of the a John Hope Franklin Center Book Series)

by Priscilla Wald

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How should we understand the fear and fascination elicited by the accounts of communicable disease outbreaks that proliferated, following the emergence of HIV, in scientific publications and the mainstream media? The repetition of particular characters, images, and story lines--of Patients Zero and superspreaders, hot zones and tenacious microbes--produced a formulaic narrative as they circulated through the media and were amplified in popular fiction...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822341530

ISBN13:9780822341536

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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Communicable Diseases History Infectious Disease Medical Medical Books Viral

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