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Living with an Infected Planet: COVID-19, Feminism, and the Global Frontline of Care
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Abstract
"We must declare war on the virus," stated UN chief António Guterres on March 13, 2020, just two days after the WHO had characterized the outbreak of the novel Covid-19 virus as a pandemic. The author introduces feminist worry in order then to develop a feminist cultural theory on pandemic frontline... view more
"We must declare war on the virus," stated UN chief António Guterres on March 13, 2020, just two days after the WHO had characterized the outbreak of the novel Covid-19 virus as a pandemic. The author introduces feminist worry in order then to develop a feminist cultural theory on pandemic frontline ontologies, which give rise to militarized care essentialism and forced heroism. Feminist hope is gained through the attentive reading of feminist recovery plans and their novel care feminism, with the latter's insistence that recovery from patriarchy is possible.... view less
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Health Policy
Free Keywords
Corona; COVID-19; Feminism; Care; Diagnosis of Our Time; Nature; Society; Gender Studies; Sustainability
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
229 p.
Series
X-Texts on Culture and Society
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839459157
ISSN
2747-3775
ISBN
978-3-8394-5915-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0