Masking in the Pandemic: Materiality, Interaction, and Moral Practice

by Leah Gilman, Vanessa May, Owen Abbott

This book assumes an "everyday life" perspective towards masking in public spaces in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. Facemasks are perhaps one of the most tangible ways in which the changes wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic were made visible. In the space of a few months in 2020, masking in the UK went from being almost non-existent in public to becoming widespread, both before and after the UK government mandated masking in most enclosed public...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031457803
• ISBN13: 9783031457807
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 99 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"