SARS
Subtitle: reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities
By: edited by Deborah Davis and Helen Siu.
Contributors: Davis, Deborah, 1945-; Siu, Helen F.
Series: Routledge contemporary China series -- 16.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780415770859; 9780203967690
Subjects: SARS (Disease) -- China.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- transmission -- China.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- transmission -- Hong Kong.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- transmission -- Taiwan.; Disease Outbreaks -- China.; Disease Outbreaks -- Hong Kong.; Disease Outbreaks -- Taiwan.; International Cooperation -- China.; International Cooperation -- Hong Kong.; International Cooperation -- Taiwan.; Mass Media -- China.; Mass Media -- Hong Kong.; Mass Media -- Taiwan.; Public Policy -- China.; Public Policy -- Hong Kong.; Public Policy -- Taiwan.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- psychology -- China.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- psychology -- Hong Kong.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- psychology -- Taiwan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities / Deborah Davis and Helen Siu; title: Global connectivity and local politics : SARS, talk radio, and public opinion / Eric Kit-Wai Ma and Joseph Man Chan; title: SARS, avian flu, and the urban double take / John Nguyet Erni; title: Eulogy and practice : public professionals and private lives / Helen Siu and Jane Chan; title: Artistic responses to SARS : footprints in the local and global realms of cyberspace / Abbey Newman; title: SARS humor for the virtual community : between the Chinese emerging public sphere and the authoritarian state / Hong Zhang; title: The weakness of a post-authoritarian democratic society : reflections upon Taiwan's societal crisis during the SARS outbreak / Yun Fan and Ming-chi Chen.