Disciplines
Other Humanities (30%); Geosciences (20%); Health Sciences (30%); Linguistics and Literature (20%)
Keywords
Air,
Pandemic,
Pollution,
COVID-19,
Health,
Environment
Abstract
Examining airborne diseases from the perspectives of literary studies, cultural studies,
environmental humanities, and health humanities, among other fields, Cultures of Airborne
Diseases platforms significant discourse engaging with air, pollution, viruses, and health. The
articles that constitute this special journal issue consider representations of airborne diseases,
directly interrogating how such representations help us better understand the complexity of air in
the context of epidemics and pandemics. The contributors address topics inclusive of, but not
limited to, contagion and transmission, air, air pollution, environmental crisis, cultural
representations of disease and health, and questions of protection in an era of pandemics.