The deadly intersections of COVID-19 : race, states, inequalities and global society / edited by Sunera Thobani.

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2022
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This book showcases the impact of state responses to COVID-19 on marginalized communities. The authors analyse the lockdowns, immigration and border controls, vaccine trials, income support and access to healthcare across eight countries in Australasia, North America, Asia and Europe to reveal the internal inequities within and between countries -- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022.

Physical description

xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sacrificial logics : the racial politics of COVID-19 / Sunera Thobani -- Racism, anti-communism and COVID-19 : the making of a transnational discursive war against China / Yuezhi Zhao with Xuezhi Du -- Life or livelihood? COVID-19 in the UK and the existential question of our times / Radha D'Souza -- Understanding barriers and facilitators to genomic research participation among minority populations : a piloted community survey in Flint, MI / Mieka Smart, Megan Mulheron, Yvonne Nong, Crystal Juarez, Emiko Blalock, Roland J. Thorpe Jr, and Amanda Woodward -- Gaza : the right to life or the right to health during COVID-19 / Ayman Qwaider -- 'You are no more required' : COVID-19 unmasks false development policies / Farida Akhter -- Mapping the multiple vulnerabilities of domestic workers during COVID-19 : reflections from India / Sabiha Hussain -- Offshore : lockdown topographies / Suvendrini Perera -- The virus and the violence : reflections on 'anti-Asian' hate and racist maskaphobia / Mengzhu Fu -- #Nogoingback : queer leaps at the intersection of protest and COVID-19 / Jin Haritaworn -- Conclusion / Sunera Thobani.

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  • 9781529224665
  • 1529224667