The COVID-19 Crisis

Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. This edited collection covers a diverse range of experiences, practices and representations across international contexts and cultures (UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).

Autorentext

Deborah Lupton is SHARP Professor in the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia, leading the Vitalities Lab and the UNSW Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society.

Karen Willis is Professor, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and Honorary Professor, Division of Critical Care and Investigative Services, Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Inhalt

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. COVID Society: Introduction to the Book 2. Contextualising COVID-19: Sociocultural Perspectives on Contagion PART II: SPACE, THE BODY AND MOBILITIES 3. Moving Target, Moving Parts: The Multiple Mobilities of the COVID-19 Pandemic 4. Physical Activity and Bodily Boundaries in Times of Pandemic 5. City Flows During Pandemics: Zooming in on Windows 6. The Politics of Touch-Based Help for Visually Impaired Persons During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autoethnographic Account PART III: INTIMACIES, SOCIALITIES AND CONNECTIONS 7. #DatingWhileDistancing: Dating Apps as Digital Health Technologies During the COVID-19 Pandemic 8. 'Unhome' Sweet Home: The Construction of New Normalities in Italy During COVID-19 9. Queer and Crip Temporalities During COVID-19: Sexual Practices, Risk and Responsibility 10. Isol-AID, Art and Wellbeing: Posthuman Community Amid COVID-19 PART IV: HEALTHCARE PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS 11. Strange Times in Ireland: Death and the Meaning of Loss Under COVID-19 12. Between an Ethics of Care and Scientific Uncertainty: Dilemmas of General Practitioners in Marseille 13. Post-pandemic Routes in the Context of Latin Countries: The Impact of COVID-19 in Italy and Spain 14. Risky Work: Providing Healthcare in the Age of COVID-19 PART V: MARGINALISATION AND DISCRIMINATION 15. The Plight of the Parent-Citizen? Examples of Resisting (Self-)Responsibilisation and Stigmatisation by Dutch Muslim Parents and Organisations During the COVID-19 Crisis 16. Anti-Asian Racism, Xenophobia and Asian American Health During COVID-19 17. Ageism and Risk During the Coronavirus Pandemic