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An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design
| An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design |
| Autore | Lee Jon D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Communicable diseases - Public opinion - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-4920-1322-6
0-87421-929-9 0-87402-292-4 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: . . . And the World Moved On?
Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787994503321 |
Lee Jon D.
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| Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design
| An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design |
| Autore | Lee Jon D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Communicable diseases - Public opinion - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-4920-1322-6
0-87421-929-9 0-87402-292-4 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: . . . And the World Moved On?
Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816355103321 |
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Lee Jon D.
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| Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science, bread, and circuses : folkloristic essays on science for the masses / / Gregory Schrempp
| Science, bread, and circuses : folkloristic essays on science for the masses / / Gregory Schrempp |
| Autore | Schrempp Gregory Allen <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science in popular culture
Folklore Legends Mythology |
| ISBN | 0-87421-970-1 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Formulas of Conversion: A Proverbial Approach to Astronomic Magnitudes; Chapter 2. Leonardo and Copernicus at Aspen: How Science Heroes Can Improve Your Bottom Line; Chapter 3. Opening the Two Totes: Mythos and Logos in the Contemporary Agora-sphere; Chapter 4. Taking the Dawkins Challenge: On Fairy Tales, Viruses, and the Dark Side of the Meme; Chapter 5. The Biggest Losers: A Sensible Plan for Controlling Your Cosmic Appetite; Chapter 6. It's a Wonderfully Conflicted Life! : The Survival of Mythology in the Capra-Corn Cosmos
Chapter 7. Departures from Earth I: The Ferris Wheel and the Deep-Space ProbeChapter 8. Departures from Earth II: The Reason(s) for the Tragedy of Space Shuttle Columbia; Chapter 9. "Goodbye Spoony Juney Moon": A Mythological Reading of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers; Chapter 10. Is Lucretius a God? : Epic, Science, and Prescience in De Rerum Natura; References; Filmography; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787148903321 |
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Schrempp Gregory Allen <1950->
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| Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science, bread, and circuses : folkloristic essays on science for the masses / / Gregory Schrempp
| Science, bread, and circuses : folkloristic essays on science for the masses / / Gregory Schrempp |
| Autore | Schrempp Gregory Allen <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science in popular culture
Folklore Legends Mythology |
| ISBN | 0-87421-970-1 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Formulas of Conversion: A Proverbial Approach to Astronomic Magnitudes; Chapter 2. Leonardo and Copernicus at Aspen: How Science Heroes Can Improve Your Bottom Line; Chapter 3. Opening the Two Totes: Mythos and Logos in the Contemporary Agora-sphere; Chapter 4. Taking the Dawkins Challenge: On Fairy Tales, Viruses, and the Dark Side of the Meme; Chapter 5. The Biggest Losers: A Sensible Plan for Controlling Your Cosmic Appetite; Chapter 6. It's a Wonderfully Conflicted Life! : The Survival of Mythology in the Capra-Corn Cosmos
Chapter 7. Departures from Earth I: The Ferris Wheel and the Deep-Space ProbeChapter 8. Departures from Earth II: The Reason(s) for the Tragedy of Space Shuttle Columbia; Chapter 9. "Goodbye Spoony Juney Moon": A Mythological Reading of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers; Chapter 10. Is Lucretius a God? : Epic, Science, and Prescience in De Rerum Natura; References; Filmography; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816904903321 |
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Schrempp Gregory Allen <1950->
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| Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stories of our lives [[electronic resource] ] : memory, history, narrative / / Frank de Caro
| Stories of our lives [[electronic resource] ] : memory, history, narrative / / Frank de Caro |
| Autore | De Caro F. A. <1943-2020.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina |
398.092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklorists - United States
Folklore - United States |
| ISBN |
1-4571-8407-9
0-87421-894-2 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Be Sure to Read This First: A Preface; 1. The Golden-Haired Maiden; 2. 7002 Ridge; 3. Foreigners Arrive; 4. The Lake; 5. Beyond 7002; 6. Becoming the East Village; 7. Tinkly Temple Bells; 8. Life in a Cornfield; 9. Mexico; 10. Long Ago and Far Away: Another Passage to India; 11. Katrina: We Leave, We Return, Stories Abound; Contexts and Meanings: A Brief Afterword; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788209003321 |
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De Caro F. A. <1943-2020.>
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| Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stories of our lives : memory, history, narrative / / Frank de Caro
| Stories of our lives : memory, history, narrative / / Frank de Caro |
| Autore | De Caro F. A. <1943-2020.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina |
398.092
B 808.06692 |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklorists - United States
Folklore - United States |
| ISBN |
1-4571-8407-9
0-87421-894-2 |
| Classificazione | SOC011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Be Sure to Read This First: A Preface; 1. The Golden-Haired Maiden; 2. 7002 Ridge; 3. Foreigners Arrive; 4. The Lake; 5. Beyond 7002; 6. Becoming the East Village; 7. Tinkly Temple Bells; 8. Life in a Cornfield; 9. Mexico; 10. Long Ago and Far Away: Another Passage to India; 11. Katrina: We Leave, We Return, Stories Abound; Contexts and Meanings: A Brief Afterword; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816137003321 |
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De Caro F. A. <1943-2020.>
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| Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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