On immunity an inoculation
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity and its implications f...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Graywolf Press,
[2014]
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| Summary: | Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate community, America, and the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 205 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202). |
| ISBN: | 9781555976897 1555976891 |
| Author Notes: | Eula Biss is the author of Notes from No Man's Land , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, and The Balloonists . Her essays have appeared in the Believer and Harper's Magazine . She teaches at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago, Illinois. |
