Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-254).
Contents:
Xenophobia and COVID-19 -- China, Wuhan and race -- COVID-19 in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities -- Anxiety in the African American and BAME communities -- Trump as symbol: anger within and against 'White' communities -- Marginality and disease.
Summary:
"Fear has consequences, for individuals and for communities. And in times of stress, such as during epidemics, prejudices and primeval fear, always beneath the surface, can resurge to haunt us. In this book Zhou Xun and Sander L. Gilman examine how four groups have been blamed for causing or spreading the COVID-19 virus: the residents of Wuhan and Black African communities in China; Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the USA, Britain and Israel; African Americans and the UK's BAME communities; and White right-wing groups in America and Europe. 'I Know Who Caused COVID-19' explores stereotyping and the false attribution of blame, as well as what happens when a collective is actually at fault, and how the community deals with these conflicting issues. This is an incisive, cogent examination of blame and xenophobia in the time of COVID-19."--Provided by publisher.
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