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The forgotten symptom

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The forgotten symptom
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Smallpox's affective impressions and the climate of fear during the Smallpox Inoculation Debate, Boston 1721-22
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DeGenova
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Hannah C.
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Hannah C. DeGenova
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Monteiro
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Lyra
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Lyra Monteiro
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Graduate School - Newark
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theses
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2015
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2015-05
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2015
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eng
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This thesis revisits the question of why a heated debate broke out in Boston in 1721-22 over smallpox inoculation, by exploring how emotions were integral to this eruption and decisions to be either for or against inoculation. Employing recent work on affect by Sara Ahmed and others, I examine how smallpox affected fear in the general public. I assert that as smallpox became epidemic, a climate of fear consumed Boston, and that these fears were a significant factor causing a debate to form over the new procedure of inoculation. Further, as smallpox impressed fears through circulation, these fears were predicated on individual histories, knowledge, and accepted truths. Decisions regarding whether or not to inoculate were dependent on these factors, on how smallpox impressed fear individually. Inoculators, those who would choose to inoculate themselves and their loved ones during the 1721-22 epidemic, did so for fear of smallpox’s deadliness and to avoid its ravages. However, since inoculation transmitted smallpox and was yet unproven infallible, anti-inoculators feared inoculation because smallpox’s affective economy easily slid onto inoculation. Inoculation, therefore, could not be fully accepted until it impressed widespread confidence instead of fear.
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History
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Smallpox--Vaccination
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Affect (Psychology)
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (iii, 101 p. : ill.)
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Hannah C. DeGenova
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3DV1MR4
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ETD graduate
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DeGenova
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Hannah
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2015-05-01 10:21:23
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Hannah DeGenova
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - Newark
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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