The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back
by
Nattrass, Nicoli.
Title
:
The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back
Author
:
Nattrass, Nicoli.
ISBN
:
9780231520256
Publication Information
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New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations
Abstract
:
Millions of people across the globe erroneously believe America manufactured the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to be used as a biological weapon. Ironically, the idea grew from a real conspiracy theory hatched by Russian and East German intelligence officers in the mid-1980s, in the hopes of spreading misinformation about the disease. Yet while the cold war is over, the biological weapons myth continues to resonate on both sides of the Atlantic. Nicoli Nattrass explores the social and political factors prolonging this fiction, especially within African American and black South Africa.
Subject Term
:
AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission.
HIV infections -- United States.
HIV infections -- South Africa.
AIDS (Disease) -- United States.
AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa.
Medical policy -- United States.
Medical policy -- South Africa.
Conspiracy theories.
Public opinion -- United States.
Public opinion -- South Africa.
HIV Infections.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Health Policy.
Public Opinion.
Added Corporate Author
:
Columbia University. Press.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 376322-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |