Epidemics and Othering : : The Biopolitics of COVID-19 in Historical and Cultural Perspectives /

Epidemics and Othering : : The Biopolitics of COVID-19 in Historical and Cultural Perspectives / / ed. by Heike Steinhoff.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of many people around the globe and has brought to the fore discussions about the ways in which relations of power have shaped human biology and the health of populations. Focusing on these biopolitics, this collection brings together a number of historic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
MitwirkendeR:
Dickel, Simon,
Eckel, Julia,
Gabriel, Martin,
Jahnel, Claudia,
Linseisen, Elisa,
Lüthe, Martin,
Masamha, Roselyne,
Mhishi, Lennon,
Pielok, Natalie,
Radlwimmer, Romana,
Scherer, Anke,
Steinhoff, Heike,
Tschiggerl, Martin,
Viegas, Danielle Heberle,
Zitzelsberger, Florian,
HerausgeberIn:
Steinhoff, Heike,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Global- und Kolonialgeschichte ; 14
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editorial
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Biopolitics, Othering, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Introduction
  • 2. Pandemics, Biopolitics and Coloniality: From Chronicles of the Indies to COVID-19 Fictions
  • 3. ‘Enlightened’ Colonialism, Smallpox, and the Indigenous Other in Late Eighteenth-Century Mexico and Guatemala
  • 4. ‘Civilizing the Natives’ with Modern Medicine: Strategies of Othering in the Implementation of Public Hygiene in Japan-Ruled Taiwan (1895–1945)
  • 5. Fear of Contagion: Epistemology of Boundaries and Politics of Emotions in (Post)Colonial Development Discourses
  • 6. The Other as Conspirator: Historical Roots of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
  • 7. The Quest for Tropical Nature: Utopia and Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 8. Pandemic Play? Digital Sports Gaming, Fatness, and Contemporary Pandemic Imaginaries
  • 9. The Virus Is Present, Presence Is Virulent: Being Co(m)present with Others in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 10. The Necropolitics of Breathing: On the Scream as Resistance in Contemporary Sound Performances
  • 11. Re-Negotiating Discourses on AIDS during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Roundtable Discussion
  • Authors

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