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Unmasked - Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji (Hardcover)
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Unmasked - Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji (Hardcover)
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Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan
tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the
economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political
failures, local negotiations among political and public health
leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in
Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day
weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town.
The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall,
an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and
her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall
was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and
observed a community that rejected public health guidance,
revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments
to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking
account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist
popular beliefs can be in America's small communities.
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