In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear – fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in your children’s air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. 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 an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected – our bodies and our fates.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2020
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Pages: 208
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9781913097400
ISBN 10: 1913097404

In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear – fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in your children’s air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. 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 an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected – our bodies and our fates.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2015
Publisher:Fitzcarraldo Editions
Languages: English
Pages: 208
ISBN 13:9780992974749
ISBN 10:0992974747