Overview

This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities. Written by women and queers of colour academics and community activists, the book analyses pandemic lockdowns, border controls, vaccine trials, income support and access to healthcare across eight countries, in North America, Asia, Australasia and Europe, to reveal the inequities within, and between countries. Putting intersectional social justice at the heart of their frameworks, the authors call for coordinated and collective action to effectively control the pandemic. Contributing to debates around the effects of COVID-19, as well as racial capitalism and neoliberal globalization at large, this research is invaluable in informing future policy.

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Author:   Sunera Thobani (University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529224665

ISBN 10:   1529224667
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   28 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Sunera Thobani PART I: The Racial-Political Economy of COVID-19 2. Sacrificial Logics: The Racial Politics of COVID-19 - Sunera Thobani 3. Racism, Anti-Communism and COVID-19: The Making of a Transnational Discursive War Against China - Yuezhi Zhao with Xuezhi Du 4. Life or Livelihood? COVID-19 in the UK and the Existential Question of Our Times - Radha D'Souza 5. 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 PART II: The Violence of Under/De-Development 6. Gaza: The Right to Life or the Right to Health During COVID-19 - Ayman Qwaider 7. 'You Are No More Required': COVID-19 Unmasks the False Development Policies - Farida Akhter 8. Mapping the Multiple Vulnerabilities of Domestic Workers During COVID-19: Reflections from India - Sabiha Hussain PART III: Lives Under Lockdown 9. Off-Shore: Lockdown Topographies - Suvendrini Perera 10. The Virus and the Violence: Reflections on 'Anti-Asian' Hate and Racist Maskaphobia - Mengzhu Fu 11. #NoGoingBack: Queer Leaps at the Intersection of Protest and COVID-19 - Jin Haritaworn 12. Conclusion - Sunera Thobani

Reviews

This special collection reveals the myriad ways in which COVID-19 has been rendered into deadly politics for vulnerable populations globally. It is an urgent call for transformative change to address the slow erosion of health and related sectors. Parin Dossa, Simon Fraser University

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Sunera Thobani is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

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