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Start here. * Sally Munt, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Politics, University of Sussex, UK *\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on philosophic, media, and cultural studies approaches, this book describes how networks of mutual care and global interdependency have been powerfully drawn out by the experience of the pandemic, yet also disavowed in some settings in favor of a problem individualism and sustained inequalities. * Chris Beasley, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide, Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e   Introduction: Stories of Rupture and Resilience in a Pandemic  1   Media Discourses of Coronavirus: From Health Advisory to Conspiracy  2   Apocalyptic Fictions as a Roadmap for Crisis 3   Disrupted Identity: The Self in a Time of Radical Cultural Change, Anxiety, and Crisis  4   Disrupted Mobility: Lockdowns, Borders, and Movement  5   Disrupted Exposure: Ethics and the Face of the Other in the Time of Masks 6   Disrupted Touch: Hands, Bodies, and Social Distancing 7   Disrupted Corporealities: Vaccination and Anti-vaxxers 8   Disrupted Futurity: Mourning the Self and the Other Conclusion: COVID Futures: Ethical Care in Interdependency   \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739790848343,"sku":"9781501393686","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501393686.jpg?v=1720053153"},{"product_id":"passing-9781529040289","title":"Passing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edramatized\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e on Radio 4 and seen on Netflix, Nella Larsen’s \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e is a distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity, and a key text of the Harlem Renaissance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. 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