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Reconsidering the Dramaturgy (2020)

Vargha, Dora (Author)

Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Volume: 94
Issue: 4
Pages: 690-698

URI: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/786011

DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2020.0090

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This essay reconsiders epidemic narratives through the lens of polio to examine temporal shifts and overlapping and conflicting temporalities and assess some of the stakes in how we conceptualize the epidemic dramaturgy. I argue that while the dramaturgy of epidemics serves as a thread around which people, state actors, and institutions organize experiences, responses, and expectations, consideration of the multiplicity of epidemic temporalities is crucial in understanding how medical practice and knowledge are shaped and transferred, particularly with attention to actors that might be rendered invisible by the conventional narrative arc.

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