On Immunity

Eula Biss is the author of Notes from No Man's Land, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, and The Balloonists. Her essays have appeared in the Believer and Harper's Magazine. She teaches at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago, Illinois.

出版者:Graywolf Press

作者:Eula Biss

页数:216

出版时间:2014-9-30

价格:USD 24.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781555976897

图书标签:疫苗英文原版NYtimes2015马克推荐科普随笔英文

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Why do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of Notes from No Man’s Land, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

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.

读后感

文/夏丽柠 朋友高烧原因不明，只能一直住在重症监护室里，看着病友们出生入死。医生诊断只说“免疫力出了问题”，便再无下文。后来，朋友有幸病愈出院，向医生探寻医治良方，令人意料不到的是，医生竟然摇着头说，用了那多种药，也不知道是哪种起了作用，也许是它们合力的作用...  

2016年初春的某天，我去洛杉矶郡立美术馆体验“雨之屋”。它是由兰登国际创作的大型装置艺术，在一间上百平米的阴暗房间中，设置了由感应装置控制的喷水天花板，在无人惊扰时，房内绝大部分都为水幕笼罩，从逆光角度望过去，淅淅沥沥倒也恰似落雨。而一旦有人踏入喷水范围，头...  

我从来不是一个很好的阅读者。这本书一年前就开始看了，中间放下了很久。心里想着无论如何不能让它跨年吧，总算读完了。恰逢2020年的春节赶上“非典”疫情之后又一次影响全国乃至世界的新型冠状病毒疫情，居然还有些应景。 不过很显然，这类调查型科普作品并不容易抓住我的思维...  

出差一个礼拜，没有跟爸妈通过电话。今天回到办公室，看到桌上堆着五本《免疫》的样书。这是出差前一直在编辑的、最上心的书。 突然想起小时候跟爸妈间的两件事。 第一件事发生时，我刚刚记事，印象很浅，详细的来龙去脉都是后来妈妈讲给我听的。当时我体质不佳，但那个年月，...  

用户评价

有干货，很多东西以前从没想过。但是注水也不少，德古拉童鞋你辛苦了～

感觉作者的思路很混乱，虽有干货，但是写的太乱get不到什么……

看看看

结构好散乱，社科类的作品没有章节标题不可忍啊，而且每节第一句都以“我儿子”开头。有些地方似乎有些闪光点，但是没继续深入地聊下去。还是作为专栏文章发表比较好吧

"This book occupies a space between research and reflection, investigating our attitudes toward immunity and inoculation through a personal and cultural lens."