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1 online resource |
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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. |
| Biography |
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. |
| Local Note |
Taylor and Francis Taylor and Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- South Asia.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
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ʻAlī, ʻInāyat.
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Davis-Floyd, Robbie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1032028408 9781032028408 (OCoLC)1273333900 |
| ISBN |
9781000556636 (electronic book) |
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1000556638 (electronic book) |
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9781000556506 (electronic book) |
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1000556506 (electronic book) |
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9781003187462 (electronic book) |
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1003187463 (electronic book) |
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1032028408 |
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9781032028408 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003187462 doi |
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