The Resource The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore, Andrea Kitta
The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore, Andrea Kitta
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The item The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore, Andrea Kitta represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 189 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- The disease is coming from inside the house! Contagious disease, immigration, and patient zero
- Supernatural contagion : slender man, suicide, violence, and slender sickness
- Ostensio Mori: when we pretend that we're dead
- "Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?" : the HPV vaccine, promiscuity, sexual orientation, and vulnerable people
- The kiss of death
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781607329268
- Label
- The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore
- Title
- The kiss of death
- Title remainder
- contagion, contamination, and folklore
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Kitta
- Subject
-
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Communicable diseases -- Folklore
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Health attitudes
- Health attitudes
- Health attitudes
- Fear of contamination -- Folklore
- Communicable diseases -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- CoU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kitta, Andrea
- Dewey number
- 616.9
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA649
- LC item number
- .K58 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Communicable diseases
- Communicable diseases
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemics
- Fear of contamination
- Folklore
- Health attitudes
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemics
- Folklore
- Health attitudes
- Label
- The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore, Andrea Kitta
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The disease is coming from inside the house! Contagious disease, immigration, and patient zero -- Supernatural contagion : slender man, suicide, violence, and slender sickness -- Ostensio Mori: when we pretend that we're dead -- "Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?" : the HPV vaccine, promiscuity, sexual orientation, and vulnerable people -- The kiss of death -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 1110125402
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781607329268
- Lccn
- 2019020022
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1110125402
- Label
- The kiss of death : contagion, contamination, and folklore, Andrea Kitta
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The disease is coming from inside the house! Contagious disease, immigration, and patient zero -- Supernatural contagion : slender man, suicide, violence, and slender sickness -- Ostensio Mori: when we pretend that we're dead -- "Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?" : the HPV vaccine, promiscuity, sexual orientation, and vulnerable people -- The kiss of death -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 1110125402
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9781607329268
- Lccn
- 2019020022
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1110125402
Subject
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Communicable diseases -- Transmission
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Epidemics -- Social aspects
- Communicable diseases -- Folklore
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Folklore -- Psychological aspects
- Health attitudes
- Health attitudes
- Health attitudes
- Fear of contamination -- Folklore
- Communicable diseases -- Psychological aspects
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