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020    9781555976897 
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092    614.47|bBIS 
100 1  Biss, Eula,|eauthor. 
245 10 On immunity :|ban inoculation /|cEula Biss. 
264  1 Minneapolis, Minnesota :|bGraywolf Press,|c[2014] 
300    205 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202). 
520    Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic 
       condition of fear—fear of the government, the medical 
       establishment, and what is in your child’s air, food, 
       mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you 
       cannot immunize your child, or yourself, from the world.  
       In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the 
       metaphors and myths surrounding our 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, both 
       historically and in the present moment. 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 a moving account of how we are all 
       interconnected—our bodies and our fates 
650  0 Vaccination. 
650  0 Vaccination of children. 
650  0 Vaccination|xSocial aspects. 
650  0 Vaccination of children|xSocial aspects. 
650  0 Mother and child.