HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China Imagined Immunity Through Racialized Disease |
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| Author:
| Hood, Johanna |
| Series title: | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-47198-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $259.00 |
Book Description:
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HIV/AIDS is an increasingly serious problem in China. This book explores HIV/AIDS, its portrayal in China's media, and the implications for public health policy. It discusses how many Chinese wrongly believe themselves to be immune, with infection only a possibility for other ethnic groups with perceived lower moral standards.
HIV/AIDS is an increasingly serious problem in China. This book explores HIV/AIDS, its portrayal in China's media, and the implications for public health policy. It discusses how many Chinese wrongly believe themselves to be immune, with infection only a possibility for other ethnic groups with perceived lower moral standards.