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Masking in Pandemic U.S.
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Beliefs and Practices of Containment and Connection
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Artikel-Nr:
9781032137629
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.09.2022
Seiten:
124
Autor:
Urmila Mohan
Gewicht:
264 g
Format:
223x144x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Urmila Mohan is an anthropologist of material culture and religion with a focus on bodily practices. She is associated with the Matière à Penser group, is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK, and is the founder/editor of the open-access digital journal The Jugaad Project. She has researched and theorized materiality, praxis, and aesthetics in diverse contexts including religious communities and maker groups in India, Indonesia, and the U.S.
This anthropological study explores the beliefs and practices that emerged around masking in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Introduction: Imaginaries, embodiment and the U.S. Covidscape; 1 Practices of containment and connection; 2 Sewing cloth masks and making do with uncertainty; 3 Performing care and worldmaking; 4 Response-ability and transformation of religious subjects; 5 Conclusion: Imaginaries of masking and unmasking