Fostering Solidarity and Encouraging Shared Commitment: Chongqing Daily’s Narratives about the Front-line Workers and the Role of these Narratives in Containing Covid-19

• Published in: European review (Chichester, England) Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 794 - 804
• Main Author: Li, Zou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Chen Wei; Consciousness; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Disruption; Epidemics; Families & family life; Festivals; Focus: Confronting the COVID-19 Epidemic and Control: Reports and Reflections from China; Narratives; Pain; Pandemics; Parents & parenting; Population; Public health; Quarantine; Social cohesion; Social meaning; Viruses; Workers; Hubei China; China

This article analyses Chongqing Daily’s narratives about the front-line workers during the pandemic outbreak and their role in containing the Covid-19. These narratives foreground the disruption of filial connections and family life of those on the front lines as well as the physical toll their work...