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COVID-19: Mourning, Knowledge and Improvisation 2019冠状病毒病:哀悼、知识和即兴创作

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720975160

R. Singh

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On ‘Pandemic Imaginary’: An Interview with Christos Lynteris 关于“流行病想象”:采访克里斯托斯·林特里斯

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720976956

Ishita Dey, Christos Lynteris

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The ‘Masked’ Society: Autobiography of Quarantine “蒙面”社会:检疫自传

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720969924

Anushka Kahandagamage

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Book review: Ajay Gudavarthy (Ed.), Secular Sectarianism: Limits of Subaltern Politics 书评:Ajay Gudavarthy(编)，世俗宗派主义:次等政治的限制

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720950044

A. Ghosh

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Book review: Omar Sadr, Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan 书评:奥马尔·萨德尔:《阿富汗文化多样性谈判》

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720953703

Chayanika Saxena

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Of Leisured Lifestyle: Cyber-dwellers of Dhaka City in the Lockdown 休闲生活方式:达卡城市封锁中的网络居民

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720977368

M. Chowdhury

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The End of an Era and the Beginning of Another 一个时代的结束和另一个时代的开始

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720984439

S. Perera

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Hunger and Pandemic: Wild Edibles as Future of Food 饥饿与流行病:野生食物是未来的食物

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720977404

Kiranmayi Bhushi

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Transgender Community in Lahore: A Conversation with Khursand Bayar Ali COVID-19大流行对拉合尔跨性别社区的影响:与胡尔桑·巴亚尔·阿里的对话

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2020-12-14 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720970019

N. Kirmani

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COVID-19 and the Precarity of Low-income Migrant Workers in Indian Cities 2019冠状病毒病与印度城市低收入农民工的不稳定性

Society and Culture in South Asia Pub Date : 2020-11-05 DOI: 10.1177/2393861720975618

J. Sharma, Anurag Sharma, A. Kapilashrami

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