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Language, Culture and Society
Vol. 2:2 (2020) ► pp.242–251
Forum – COVID-19

Communicability, stigma, and xenophobia during the COVID-19 outbreak

“Common reactions”?

| Georgia State University
Article outline
  • (Bio)communicabilty and stigma
  • The intersubjective constitution of foreign others
  • Containment and the multifunctionality of xenophobic public discourses
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 4 December 2020
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