Epidemics and Othering

Heike Steinhoff

doi:10.14361/9783839465059

Zusammenfassung

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 historical and cultural perspectives on processes of othering in the long transnational human history of epidemics and pandemics. Contributors explore the intertwinement of biopolitics and othering with regard to specific bodies, people, and places, in relation to COVID-19 and beyond, as they discuss othering dynamics in the context of post/colonialism and with reference to a number of different cultural, political, medical and media discourses.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Copyrightjahr: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-6505-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-6505-9
Verlag: transcript, Bielefeld
Reihe: Global- und Kolonialgeschichte
Band: 14
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 246
Produkttyp: Sammelband

Inhaltsverzeichnis

KapitelSeiten

FrontmatterSeiten 1 - 1 Heike Steinhoff Download Kapitel (PDF)
Editorial Kein Zugriff Seiten 2 - 4 Heike Steinhoff
ContentsSeiten 5 - 6 Heike Steinhoff Download Kapitel (PDF)
List of Figures Kein Zugriff Seiten 7 - 8 Heike Steinhoff
Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff Seiten 9 - 10 Heike Steinhoff
1. Biopolitics, Othering, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 11 - 34 Heike Steinhoff
2. Pandemics, Biopolitics and Coloniality: From Chronicles of the Indies to COVID-19 Fictions Kein Zugriff Seiten 35 - 54 Romana Radlwimmer
3. ''Enlightened'' Colonialism, Smallpox, and the Indigenous Other in Late Eighteenth-Century Mexico and Guatemala Kein Zugriff Seiten 55 - 80 Martin Gabriel
4. ''Civilizing the Natives'' with Modern Medicine: Strategies of Othering in the Implementation of Public Hygiene in Japan-Ruled Taiwan (1895–1945) Kein Zugriff Seiten 81 - 98 Anke Scherer
5. Fear of Contagion: Epistemology of Boundaries and Politics of Emotions in (Post)Colonial Development Discourses Kein Zugriff Seiten 99 - 118 Claudia Jahnel
6. The Other as Conspirator: Historical Roots of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Kein Zugriff Seiten 119 - 138 Martin Tschiggerl
7. The Quest for Tropical Nature: Utopia and Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic Kein Zugriff Seiten 139 - 158 Danielle Heberle Viegas
8. Pandemic Play? Digital Sports Gaming, Fatness, and Contemporary Pandemic Imaginaries Kein Zugriff Seiten 159 - 174 Martin Lüthe
9. The Virus Is Present, Presence Is Virulent: Being Co(m)present with Others in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Kein Zugriff Seiten 175 - 204 Julia Eckel
10. The Necropolitics of Breathing: On the Scream as Resistance in Contemporary Sound Performances Kein Zugriff Seiten 205 - 222 Natalie Pielok
11. Re-Negotiating Discourses on AIDS during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Roundtable Discussion Kein Zugriff Seiten 223 - 240 Roselyne Masamha, Florian Zitzelsberger, Lennon Mhishi, Simon Dickel, Heike Steinhoff
Authors Kein Zugriff Seiten 241 - 246 Heike Steinhoff