Once upon a virus: AIDS legends and vernacular risk perception
Date
2004
Authors
Goldstein, Diane E., author
Utah State University Press, publisher
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Abstract
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.--Provided by publisher.
Description
Rights Access
Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
Subject
AIDS (Disease) -- Newfoundland and Labrador
Risk perception
Health behavior
AIDS (Disease) -- Legends