Crisis, Care, and the Terror of Uncertainty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4795047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maisam Alomar (corresponding author), Alomar, Alomar Alomar (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 596-602 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-3663 • E-ISSN: 2153-3873 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/fem.2020.0041 |
| OpenAlex | W3201549782, W3112097267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Crisis, Care, and the Terror of UncertaintyCoVId-19 and the speCtaCular faIlure of the response in the United States have brought the contradictions of racial capitalism to the forefront.As many have pointed out, the crisis has exposed many failures of racist, capitalist American infrastructures, revealing all too clearly the dysfunction of our "normal" operating procedures and the inequities they produce.To quote poet and novelist Dionne Brand, it "exposes even further the endoskeleton of the world." 1 Yet, just as this moment serves as an opportunity for political change, both in general and specifically in the healthcare system, it also threatens to intensify existing inequalities.The powers that be have an opportunity to exploit the same inequities made glaring by COVID-19, preying on newly heightened fear, uncertainty, and vulnerability.Surely, the pandemic poses a threat to neoliberal structures by forcing the state to swiftly and temporarily reverse course on a limited number of the austerity measures it has backed for the past several decades through measures like the "economic impact payments," the eviction moratorium, and the (inconsistent) availability of free COVID-19 testing.At the 1.Dionne Brand, "On Narrative, Reckoning and the Calculus of Living and Dying," The Star, July 4, 2020, https://www.thestar
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Health care · Pandemic · Political science · Private sector · Vulnerability (computing) · Critical Race Theory in Education · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Medicine · Nursing · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |