Communicative Perspectives on COVID-19 in Ghana (eBook, ePUB)

At the Intersection of Culture, Science, Religion and Politics
Redaktion: Henaku, Nancy; Nartey, Mark; Agbozo, G. Edzordzi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection explores the communicative dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, redressing the absence of perspectives from Africa and the Global South in pandemic discourses and highlighting the importance of considering the impact of local contexts in global crises.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000936568
• Artikelnr.: 68616591

Autorenporträt

Nancy Henaku is Lecturer at the Department of English, University of Ghana, Ghana. G. Edzordzi Agbozo is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. Mark Nartey is Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics, University of the West of England, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction: Kairotic archiving of a pandemic
Part 1: Religion and Phenomenology
1. Living in a post-Covid-19 society: Symbolic communication of face
masking in Ghana - Wincharles Coker
2. Living the corporeal plague in Ghana: A phenomenological explanation of
metaphors used by President Akufo-Addo - Fredrica M. Eduaful and Alfred L.
Owusu-Ansah
3. "Countries have locked down, but heaven's gate is still open": Religious
rhetoric in Ghana in an era of Covid-19 pandemic - Charles Prempeh
4. Crisis communication among religious organizations: An analysis of
messages from the Church of Pentecost to members during the first phase of
the Covid-19 outbreak in Ghana - Rebecca Baah-Ofori and Denise D. Duncan
5. 5. The deities must hear: Embodied rituals in Ghana's response to the
Covid-19 pandemic - Philip K. Boafo
Part 2: Discourse of Local and Transnational Institutions and Publics
6. "Protect the human and you are now killing the human. Why?!": A
materialist-rhetorical reading of Black racial precarity under Covid-19 -
Nancy Henaku
7. Deploying discourse as a two-pronged instrument: A critical linguistic
analysis of John Mahama's (alternative) political rhetoric on Covid-19 -
Mark Nartey
8. Presidential discourse and language deficit in Ghana's enhanced response
to the Coronavirus pandemic - Nancy Achiaa Frimpong
9. Using community radio to communicate Covid-19 among marginalized
communities: A case study of Radio Peace in Ghana - Emmanuel Essel, Eliza
Govender and Sarah Gibson
10. Access to sign language interpretation during Covid-19 - Mary Edward,
Marco S. Nyarko and Esther Akrasi-Sarpon
11. "What dey happen for Ghana?": Reflections of mediated transnationality
during the global pandemic - Nii Kotei Nikoi
Part 3: Digital Technology, Humor and Multimodality
12. The representation of Covid-19 in Akosua cartoons in the Daily Guide's
Akosua Cartoons: A multimodal discourse analysis - Kweku Rockson
13. Communicating in the new normal: An examination of discourses
surrounding Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Donné S. Novieto, Stella A.M.
Yegblemenawo and Doreen E.E. Yegblemenawo
1 14. "Kwabena-19" and "Sohyia Deskansere": An analysis of humour on the
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana - Victoria Ofori, Christiana Hammond, Nicholas
Obeng Agyekum, Esther Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten
15. A content analysis of government agencies' communication on Covid-19 in
Ghana - Diana Sebbie, Jade Ampomah Baah and Daniel Ampofo Adjei
Afterword Health as determined by social determinants: Insights from the
Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Andrews Nartey
Index