Article ID: CBB502361313

Looking Sideways: Locating Epidemics and Erasures in South Asia (2020)

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While focused on the United States, Rosenberg's work on epidemics offers a nuanced framing that defines the stages and unfolding trajectories of epidemics. His writing is a good starting point to analyze the scope and challenges of epidemic historiography in South Asia. To redress its gaps, I have suggested an approach focused on writing histories of epidemics "sideways" and examined plague and influenza epidemics to situate the fluid politics of lived risks and marginality, moving away from dominant interpretations that have tried to characterize epidemics as finite and episodic.

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Authors & Contributors
Pezzoni, Barbara
Thomas, Gaëtan
Gorini, Ilaria
Rose, Arthur
Jenkins, Jane
Tannenbaum, Rebecca J.
Concepts
Public health
Epidemics
Influenza
Historiography
Plague
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Early modern
Places
New Brunswick (Canada)
United States
Hong Kong
Bogotá (Colombia)
Colombia
South Africa
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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