Inayat Ali, R. Davis-Floyd
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应对大流行
这本书主要围绕着文化、政府和个人对COVID-19的建构进行谈判。它考虑了冠状病毒大流行在不同文化和国家中是如何谈判的,本卷的最后一部分特别关注南亚和巴基斯坦。这些章节包括自我民族志叙述和民族志探索,反映了生活在流行病中的经历及其对生活各个领域的影响。该书阐述了人们在不同层面上应对COVID-19的方式,将谣言、阴谋论和新社会仪式的传播置于微观和/或宏观背景下,并描述了病毒与各种制度化形式的不平等和结构性脆弱性之间的相互作用。汇集了各种观点,该卷涉及到过去,描述了柯氏的现在,并提供了未来的含义。它基于当前对一项对人类未来具有重大意义的非凡挑战的理解,提出了不同的想象。©2022选择和编辑事项,Inayat Ali和Robbie Davis-Floyd。版权所有。
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