Panorama of the Pandemic - A Phenomenological Inquiry

This volume provides a multi-nuanced analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of human existence, encompassing societal, economic, and inter-relational dimensions.

List of contents

Introduction PANDEMIC PANORAMAS: NARRATIVES IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION 1. Epidemic, Oriental Anxiety, and Plague Poetics in Mary Shelley's The Last Man 2. Thy will be Done: Examining the Metaphysics of the Graphic Renditions of Pandemics 3. 'Performance' of Survival in a Post-apocalyptic World: Examining Art in Emily St. Mandel's Station Eleven PHILOSOPHIZING THE PANDEMIC: AFFECT, CRITIQUE AND LANGUAGE 4. Last Word: The Linguistic Response to Epidemics 5. "My Race is not My Virus": Affective Racial Algorithms during Covid-19 Pandemic 6. Deathly Games: Playing in the Pandemic PANDEMIC TRANSITIONS: FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL 7. Teaching (in) Pandemic: Lessons Lost, Lessons Learned 8. Cyber in the Pandemic Art 9. Digital Theatre: The Personal is Political PUNCTUATING THE PANDEMIC: THE AUDIO-VISUAL EXPRESSIONS IN COVID-19 10. Burning Hope: Caste and Pandemic in Nagraj Manjule's Vaikunth 11. "Shared Solitude": Reframing Family Portraits in the Time of Pandemic 12. Lived through Covid-19 Pandemic: Understanding Lived Experience Through Haryanvi Folk Songs

About the author

Simi Malhotra is Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.
Ruchi Nagpal has earned her doctoral degree from the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.
Steven S. George is a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.
Sananda Roy has earned her doctoral degree from the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.

Summary

This volume provides a multi-nuanced analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of human existence, encompassing societal, economic, and inter-relational dimensions.

Product details

• Authors: Simi (Jamia Millia Islamia Malhotra
• Assisted by: Steven S George (Editor), Simi Malhotra (Editor), Ruchi Nagpal (Editor), Sananda Roy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032901633
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290163-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Academics, Politics and Society in the Post-Covid World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Anthropology, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Covid-19, The arts, Humanities, Mental health services, Social, group or collective psychology, Public health & preventive medicine, Games development & programming, Public health and preventive medicine, Games development and programming, Digital Animation