ABSTRACT
This book centers on negotiations around cultural, governmental, and individual constructions of COVID-19. It considers how the coronavirus pandemic has been negotiated in different cultures and countries, with the final part of the volume focusing on South Asia and Pakistan in particular. The chapters include auto-ethnographic accounts and ethnographic explorations that reflect upon experiences of living with the pandemic and its implications for all areas of life. The book explicates people’s dealings with COVID-19 at various levels, situates the spread of rumors, conspiracy theories, and new social rituals within micro- and/or macro-contexts, and describes the interplay between the virus and various institutionalized forms of inequalities and structural vulnerabilities. Bringing together a variety of perspectives, the volume relates to the past, describes the Covidian present, and offers futuristic implications. It enlists distinct imaginaries based on current understandings of an extraordinary challenge that holds significant importance for our human future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|47 pages
Autoethnographic Reflections on Negotiating the Coronavirus Pandemic
chapter 1|13 pages
My Great-Grandmother, Malinowski, and My “Self”
chapter 2|15 pages
Negotiating COVID-19 in the Media
chapter 3|16 pages
Loss and Longing for the Field During COVID-19 in Australia, and Finding It Again Because “Ngukurr Is Everywhere”
part II|129 pages
Conceptualizing and Negotiating the Pandemic Across Professions, Cultures, and Countries
chapter 4|15 pages
“As Soon as People See You Cough, They Say You Have the Disease”
chapter 5|18 pages
How US Maternity Care Providers Conceptualize COVID-19 and Negotiate Practice Changes
chapter 6|16 pages
Health Literacy and Information Fatigue
chapter 7|15 pages
“Flexible Lockdown” in Switzerland
chapter 8|14 pages
Practicing Resilience while Negotiating the Pandemic
chapter 9|16 pages
Negotiating COVID-19 in Russia on the Eve of the Introduction of Social Restrictions
chapter 10|17 pages
The Quest for a Cure for COVID-19
chapter 11|16 pages
How Do Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Negotiate the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia?
part III|63 pages
Culturally Constructing and Negotiating COVID-19 in South Asia
chapter 12|14 pages
Sri Lankans' Negotiations Around COVID-19
chapter 13|11 pages
Negotiating COVID-19 in Bhutan
part IV|79 pages
Negotiating COVID-19 in Pakistan