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.
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.
感觉是医学题材书籍的一股清流。 一口气读完了这本书,竟是久久回味,思之良久。虽然乍看书名让人心生一丝抵触,怕又是充满学究气息和医学术语的学术书籍。令我感到吃惊的是,这本书不仅没有上述所及的学术知识,反而作者的描述之精彩,文笔之优美,让人读之如沐春风。并且,...
评分从急诊科女超人于莺到儿科男神崔玉涛,从中里巴人《求医不如求己》到协和张羽《只有医生知道》,线上线下医者的爆红,既反映民众对健康的关注,也透射着些许无奈:我们需要有人为健康仗义执言,但本可交付生命的医疗行业却面临信任危机。难道真的要闭门造车自学成医吗? 尤拉...
评分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...
评分首先这不是一本专业的科普读物,而是一本由一位母亲为了更好的保护自己的孩子,旨在让孩子能健康成长的随笔。所以还是一本比较好读的书。 其次,正因这本书是一本随笔,所以可以随手拿起来翻开任意一章阅读。 读完这本书,做完幕布复盘后,印象最深的是作者提到的“群体免疫力...
评分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...
挺不错的。我没把这本书当做科普读物看,因为它根本不是来告诉别人具体知识的,它是在帮人树立正确的态度——全面、理性地看待免疫这个问题,避免偏激和恐慌。
评分I always have a peculiar interest in the social aspect of science and medicine. This book leads me to think about the roles of the very concept of "self" in immunology. I appreciate how Eula Biss shares her personal journey of becoming a mother, while some may find it digression. However, I agree that the contents could be more coherent.
评分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……
评分在讲作为妈妈一方面想要信任疫苗一方面又太爱自己孩子了的纠结,有趣的reference在前面讲完了中段开始联系capitalism开始做作起来
评分这个作者,同时也是母亲,有点紧张。
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