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02339aam a2200433 i 4500 001 185FAE502DF711EAB868BF0597128E48 003 SILO 005 20200103010057 008 190426s2019 utub b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019020022 020 $a 1607329263 020 $a 9781607329268 035 $a (OCoLC)1110125402 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d COA $d MUU $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RA649 $b .K58 2019 082 00 $a 616.9 $2 23 100 1 $a Kitta, Andrea, $d 1977- $e author. 245 14 $a The kiss of death : $b contagion, contamination, and folklore / $c Andrea Kitta. 264 1 $a Logan : $b Utah State University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xii, 189 pages : $b maps ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages157-182) and index. 505 0 $a 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, and sexual orientation -- The kiss of death -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Folklore. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Transmission. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Epidemics $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Fear of contamination $x Folklore. 650 0 $a Folklore $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Health attitudes. 650 7 $a Communicable diseases $x Transmission. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869923 650 7 $a Epidemics $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914088 650 7 $a Folklore $x Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930339 650 7 $a Health attitudes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00952808 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706013130.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=185FAE502DF711EAB868BF0597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search