Coming to Terms with a Crisis

Cultural Engagements with COVID-19

Martin Butler, Sina Farzin, Michael Fuchs , Fabian Hempel

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Transcript Verlag
20 May 2025

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Cultural studies; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Infectious & contagious diseases

Series: Culture & Theory

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world as a (purportedly) novel situation with which people struggled to come to terms. The contributions to this volume show how various actors reacted to this pandemic through specific forms of representation and storytelling in popular culture, public discourse, and science communication. They demonstrate how these representations both leverage new media and resort to familiar scripts and characters to make sense of the situation. Thus, they uncover the transformative potential of narratives about epi-/pandemics across different domains and their contribution to the production of knowledge as well as the recalibration of norms and values.

Edited by: Martin Butler, Sina Farzin, Michael Fuchs, Fabian Hempel
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9783837670608
ISBN 10: 3837670600
Series: Culture & Theory
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sina Farzin (M.A.) ist Fellow an der Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bremen. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich Sozialtheorie, Gesellschaftstheorie und Systemtheorie.