Negotiating the Pandemic [electronic resource] : cultural, national, and individual constructions of COVID-19 / edited by Inayat Ali, Robbie Davis-Floyd.
This book centers on negotiations around cultural, governmental, and individual constructions of COVID-19. It considers how the coronavirus pandemic has been negotiated in different cultures and countries, with the final part of the volume focusing on South Asia and Pakistan in particular. The chapt...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2022.
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| Series: | Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology Ser.
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| Summary: | This book centers on negotiations around cultural, governmental, and individual constructions of COVID-19. It considers how the coronavirus pandemic has been negotiated in different cultures and countries, with the final part of the volume focusing on South Asia and Pakistan in particular. The chapters include auto-ethnographic accounts and ethnographic explorations that reflect upon experiences of living with the pandemic andits implications for all areas of life. The book explicates people's dealings with COVID-19 at various levels, situates the spread of rumors, conspiracy theories, and new social rituals within micro- and/or macro-contexts, and describes the interplay between the virus and various institutionalized forms of inequalities and structural vulnerabilities. Bringing together a variety of perspectives, the volume relates to the past, describes the Covidian present, and offers futuristic implications. It enlists distinct imaginaries based on current understandings of an extraordinary challenge that holds significant importance for our human future. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781000556636 1000556638 9781000556506 1000556506 9781003187462 1003187463 |
| Language: | English. |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Inayat Ali has recently completed his PhD in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna, Austria Robbie Davis-Floyd is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rice University, USA, and specializes in the anthropology of reproduction. |