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Folklore and Contagion: Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception
Selected Folklore and Contagion Articles
Folklore and Contagion: Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception
Folklore related to health, contagion, and stigmatized diseases studied through narrative and legend
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Selected Folklore and Contagion Articles
The articles contained in this list are just a small selection and those of which
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts
has been made aware. If you have suggestions, please email us (arfolk@uark.edu) a stable URL and date you accessed the article.
Articles from the News and Web
Deliberate Infectors & Exotic Origins: The Folklore Behind COVID-19
by Sheila Bock. Published on April 1, 2020 in University of Nevada, Las Vegas News.
The Values—and Dangers—of Folklore during a Global Pandemic
by James Deutsch. Published March 25, 2020 in Smithsonian Folklife Magazine.
Disease and Misinformation: Coronavirus conspiracy theories are nothing new
by Jules Norwood. Interview with Andrea Kitta published on March 10, 2020 in East Carolina University News.
Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: could folklore hold the answer?
by Anna Leach and Miles Probyn. Published on October 26, 2021 in the Guardian.
Articles in Academic Journals
Goldstein, Diane E. 2012. "Rethinking Ventriloquism: Untellability, Chaotic Narratives, Social Justice, and the Choice to Speak for, about, and without."
Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
49 (2): 179-198.
Kitta, Andrea. 2018. "Alternative Health Websites and Fake News: Taking a Stab at Definition, Genre, and Belief."
Journal of American Folklore
131 (522): 405-412.
Kitta, Andrea and Daniel S. Goldberg. 2017. "The Significance of Folklore for Vaccine Policy: Discarding the Deficit Model."
Critical Public Health
27 (4): 506-514.
Mayor, Adrienne. 1995. “The Nessus Shirt in the New World: Smallpox Blankets in History and Legend.” Journal of American Folklore 108(427):54-77.
Shuman, Amy and Diane E. Goldstein. 2012. "The Stigmatized Vernacular: Where Reflexivity Meets Untellability."
Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
49 (2): 113-126.
Worth, Heather, Cindy Patton, and Diane Goldstein. 2005. "Introduction to Special Issue: Reckless Vectors: The Infecting “other” in HIV/AIDS Law."
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
2 (2): 3-14.
Dissertations and Theses
Kitta, Andrea. 2009. "A Shot in the Dark: Lay Perception of Inoculations and Anti-Vaccination Discourse." ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Wilson, Anika. 2008. "‘There is no Secret Under the Sun’: Rumors, AIDS Beliefs, and Prevention Strategies of Wives in Rural Malawi." ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
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