Pandemic Imaginaries and the Racial Politics of Masking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21665697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jasmin Zine (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Pages | 22-32 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-0143 • E-ISSN: 1916-0194 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/topia-004 |
| OpenAlex | W3111075678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
Masks have become part of the racial identity politics of our pandemic culture. In addition to providing protection from the coronavirus, masks play a symbolic role in pandemic imaginaries by reconstituting pre-existing racial ideologies and formations in new ways that separate good liberal citizens from “folk devils.” While some masked bodies are valorized and heralded as preserving the public good, others are rendered suspect and subject to greater surveillance, regulation, ostracism and exclusion. Rather than serving as a leveling device, the cultural politics of wearing masks exposes the entrenched inequalities that have resurfaced during the pandemic
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Ideology · Inequality · Ostracism · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Suspect · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |