Risky Others: Covid-19 Reconstitutions of Risk, Governance, and Stigmatization of Bodies

This review essay considers how the risk constructions of Othered groups have been reconstituted across intersecting forms of stigma, social injustice, and discrimination during COVID-19. Through three case studies – fat irresponsible bodies, racialized contagious bodies, and food/health workers who...

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Published inStudies in social justice Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 495 - 514
Main Authors Bombak, Andrea, Wong, Angie, Balcom, Sarah, Parker, Barbara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brock University 01.01.2023
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COVID-19
Fat phobia
Fat Studies
racialized minorities
Risk
stigma
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Summary:This review essay considers how the risk constructions of Othered groups have been reconstituted across intersecting forms of stigma, social injustice, and discrimination during COVID-19. Through three case studies – fat irresponsible bodies, racialized contagious bodies, and food/health workers who are considered risky yet essential labour – we argue that an intersectional lens be applied to the social constructions of risk to understand the social processes of Othering when planning socially just policies, practices, pedagogies, and activism.
ISSN:1911-4788
1911-4788
DOI:10.26522/ssj.v17i3.4030