Encountering the Plague: Humanities Takes on the Pandemic

Sowa, Wojciech and Whyton, Tony (2024) Encountering the Plague: Humanities Takes on the Pandemic. Intellect. ISBN 9781789389869

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Abstract

This edited collection features fourteen newly commissioned articles, each of which responds to the theme of plague from different disciplinary perspectives. 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.

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.

Item Type:	Book
Dates:	Date Event 30 November 2024 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-06 - cultural studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Music
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2024 11:14
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 11:15
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16024

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