COVID-19 and Shame
This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United Kingdom’s public health response to COVID-19 during 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, it quickly became clear that experiences of shame, shaming and stigma dominated pe...
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| description | This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United Kingdom’s public health response to COVID-19 during 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, it quickly became clear that experiences of shame, shaming and stigma dominated personal and public life. From healthcare workers insulted in the streets to anti-Asian racism, the online shaming of “Covidiots” to the identification of the “lepers of Leicester”, public animus about the pandemic found scapegoats for its frustrations. Interventions by the UK government maximised rather than minimized these phenomena. Instead of developing robust strategies to address shame, the government’s healthcare policies and rhetoric seemed to exacerbate experiences of shame, shaming and stigma, relying on a language and logic that intensified oppositional, antagonistic thinking, while dissimulating about its own responsibilities. Through a series of six case studies taken from the events of 2020, this thought-provoking book identifies a systemic failure to manage shame-producing circumstances in the UK. Ultimately, it addresses the experience of shame as a crucial, if often overlooked, consequence of pandemic politics, and advocates for a "shame sensitive" approach to public health responses. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY NC ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-976352025-07-17T12:15:51Z COVID-19 and Shame Cooper, Fred Dolezal, Luna Rose, Arthur stigma racialized body racialized bodies race healthcare policy linguistics language healthcare professional politics Boris Johnson Matt Hancock Covidiot coronavirus obesity racism public policy NHS National Health Service lockdown virus Mass Observation thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHL Political leaders and leadership thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHL Political leaders and leadership This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United Kingdom’s public health response to COVID-19 during 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, it quickly became clear that experiences of shame, shaming and stigma dominated personal and public life. From healthcare workers insulted in the streets to anti-Asian racism, the online shaming of “Covidiots” to the identification of the “lepers of Leicester”, public animus about the pandemic found scapegoats for its frustrations. Interventions by the UK government maximised rather than minimized these phenomena. Instead of developing robust strategies to address shame, the government’s healthcare policies and rhetoric seemed to exacerbate experiences of shame, shaming and stigma, relying on a language and logic that intensified oppositional, antagonistic thinking, while dissimulating about its own responsibilities. Through a series of six case studies taken from the events of 2020, this thought-provoking book identifies a systemic failure to manage shame-producing circumstances in the UK. Ultimately, it addresses the experience of shame as a crucial, if often overlooked, consequence of pandemic politics, and advocates for a "shame sensitive" approach to public health responses. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY NC ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust. 2023-03-03T04:14:35Z 2023-03-03T04:14:35Z 2023-02-09T13:06:08Z 2023 book ONIX_20230209_9781350283428_2 ONIX_20230209_9781350283428_2 OCN: 1301504760 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61206 9781350283428 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97635 eng Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61206/1/9781350283428.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61206/1/9781350283428.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61206/1/9781350283428.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61206/1/9781350283428.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 10.5040/9781350283442 10.5040/9781350283442 f75587da-2374-4722-9d42-9fffa7fa3f92 b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350283428 Wellcome Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 160 London open access |
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