Encountering the Plague : Humanities Takes on the Pandemic, Hardcover by Sowa...

Description: Encountering the Plague : Humanities Takes on the Pandemic, Hardcover by Sowa, Wojcich (EDT); Whyton, Tony (EDT), ISBN 1789389860, ISBN-13 9781789389869, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Fourteen essays respond to the theme of plague from different disciplinary perspectives. Encountering the Plague explores ways in which humanities research can play a meaningful role in key social and political debates and provides compelling examples of how the past can inform our understanding of the present. Contributors focus on the effects of COVID-19 on everyday life, drawing also on insights from different historical experiences of plague as a way of exploring human responses to epidemics, past and present. Each chapter opens with a different illustration that serves as a source for subsequent discussion, enabling readers to make connections between everyday objects, experiences, and broader critical debates about plague and its impact on humanity. Thought-provoking commentaries stem from a variety of humanities disciplines including archaeology, electronic literature, history, linguistics, media and cultural studies, and musicology.

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Book Title: Encountering the Plague : Humanities Takes on the Pandemic

Number of Pages: 300 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Encountering the Plague : Humanities Takes on the Pandemic

Publisher: Intellect, The Limited

Item Height: 0.9 in

Publication Year: 2024

Subject: Public Health, General, Linguistics / General

Item Weight: 0 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9.6 in

Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Medical, History

Author: Tony Whyton

Item Width: 6.7 in

Series: Bcmcr New Directions in Media and Cultural Research Ser.

Format: Hardcover