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The Kiss of Death Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore / Andrea Kitta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kitta, Andrea, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health attitudes.
- Folklore--Psychological aspects.
- Folklore.
- Fear of contamination--Folklore.
- Fear of contamination.
- Epidemics--Social aspects.
- Epidemics.
- Communicable diseases--Psychological aspects.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable diseases--Transmission.
- Communicable diseases--Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]
- 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.
- Contents:
- The disease is coming from inside the house! Contagious disease, immigration, and patient zero
- Supernatural contagion : slender man, suicide, violence, and slender sickness
- "Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?" : the HPV vaccine, promiscuity, sexual orientation, and vulnerable people
- The kiss of death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607329275
- 1607329271
- OCLC:
- 1122160386
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