Performing Identity in the Era of COVID-19

This innovative volume explores the complex manifestations of performance, performing, and (non)performativity in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic, focusing on language, race/gender/sexuality, and the digital world. It challenges readers to re-think the meaning of "performance" and its impact on identity, highlighting the ways in which the pandemic has altered our verbal lexicon, influenced socio-political identities, and reoriented the inside/outside binary in the digital milieu.

Format: Hardback
Length: 252 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In this groundbreaking volume, readers are invited to reexamine the concept of performance, performing, and (non)performativity within the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Given the multifaceted ways in which "performance" has manifested throughout the pandemic, the book is organized into overarching themes that focus on three of the most critical aspects of identity for cultural and intercultural studies at this historical juncture: language, race/gender/sexuality, and the digital world. By critically rethinking the meaning of "performance" in the era of COVID-19, contributors first explore how language is uniquely staged in the context of the global pandemic, thereby challenging us to adopt an entirely new verbal lexicon. Secondly, they examine the profound impact of the pandemic on socio-political identities rooted in race, class, gender, and sexuality. Thirdly, contributors delve into how the digital milieu compels us to reevaluate the inside/outside binary concerning multilingual subjects, individuals living with disabilities, those delivering staged performances, and even corresponding audiences.

Collectively, these diverse voices form a powerful chorus that meticulously uncovers the concealed consequences of the global pandemic on how we have transformed the ways in which we perform identity during a viral crisis. As such, this volume serves as a valuable resource for all readers interested in identity studies, performance studies, digital and technology studies, language studies, global studies, and COVID-19 studies. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Studies.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032514512