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Unmasked : COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji by Emily Mendenhall (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherVanderbilt University Press
ISBN-100826504523
ISBN-139780826504524
eBay Product ID (ePID)9050422132
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameUnmasked : Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Health, Public Policy / General, Disease & Health Issues, Health Policy
Publication Year2022
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Medical
AuthorEmily Mendenhall
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-040748
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPrologue Chapter 1: Global Threats Chapter 2: Locating Okoboji Chapter 3: Opening Up Chapter 4: Outbreak Chapter 5: Business as Usual Chapter 6: Shame Chapter 7: Pin Feathers Chapter 8: Fireworks Chapter 9: Community Tension Chapter 10: Vaccine Hesitancy Chapter 11: School Board Chapter 12: Contested Chapter 13: Saturday Chapter 14: Glitch Chapter 15: FOMO Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisUnmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town. The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities. This book is the recipient of the 2022 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.
LC Classification NumberRA644.C67M463 2022
