On Immunity: An Inoculation

Biss, Eula

ISBN 10: 0992974747 ISBN 13: 9780992974749

Verlag: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015

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`ON IMMUNITY is brave because it will attract hostility from those she implies are selfish or misguided in refusing to vaccinate. Her arguments are profoundly compelling, and her narratives are braided together with beauty and elegance. The book is itself an inoculation - it grafts and unites different traditions of the essay, and in doing so creates something stronger and more resilient. And its urgent message is an inoculation against ignorance and fearmongering: may it spread out through the world, bringing substance and common sense to the vaccination debate.' - Gavin Francis, GUARDIAN

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In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear - fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in your children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. She extends a conversation with other mothers to meditations on Voltaire's Candide, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors, and beyond. ON IMMUNITY is an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected - our bodies and our fates.

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• Verlag: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0992974747
• ISBN 13: 9780992974749
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208