Masking in Pandemic U.S.: Beliefs and Practices of Containment and Connection

ISBN-13: 9781032137629 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 136 str.

UK) Mohan Urmila (University College London

Opis

This anthropological study explores the beliefs and practices that emerged around masking in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spis treści

Introduction: Imaginaries, embodiment and the U.S. Covidscape; 1 Practices of containment and connection; 2 Sewing cloth masks and making do with uncertainty; 3 Performing care and worldmaking; 4 Response-ability and transformation of religious subjects; 5 Conclusion: Imaginaries of masking and unmasking

O autorze

Urmila Mohan is an anthropologist of material culture and religion with a focus on bodily practices. She is associated with the Matière à Penser group, is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK, and is the founder/editor of the open-access digital journal The Jugaad Project. She has researched and theorized materiality, praxis, and aesthetics in diverse contexts including religious communities and maker groups in India, Indonesia, and the U.S.