Race, Class, and Gender Resources

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Research and resources on masks as a signifier of race, class, gender, and more

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Garth J Sabo

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Playlist Sections
What a Difference a Plague Makes (Denworth)
Half of U.S. adults, 3 out of 10 Angelenos (USC)
White people least likely to wear masks consistently (Haglage)
Why do the Japanese wear masks? (Horii)
Are men being dangerous during the pandemic? (Howard)
Why men are less likely to wear masks (Duarte)
The Political Lives of Masks (Makovicky)
Toxic Maskulinity (Schuster)
Are masks a new signifier of social class? (Messinger)
Some Americans are more likely to socially distance and wear masks... (Keshner)

Denworth, Lydia. 2020. Masks Reveal New Social Norms: What a Difference a Plague Makes. Scientific American.

Half of U.S. adults, 3 out of 10 Angelenos don’t wear masks when in close contact with non-household members, University of Southern California. 2021

Haglage, Abby. 2021. White people least likely to wear masks consistently, study finds. Yahoo!Life.

Horii, Mitsutoshi. 2014. Why Do the Japanese Wear Masks? A short historical review. Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 14/2.

Howard, Matt C. 2021. Gender, face mask perceptions, and face mask wearing: Are men being dangerous during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Duarte, Fernando. 2020. Coronavirus face masks: Why men are less likely to wear masks. BBC World Service.

Makovicky, Nicolette. 2020. The Political Lives of Masks: Citizenship, civility and covering up during the COVID-19 pandemic. AllegraLab.

Schuster, Caroline. 2021. “Toxic Maskulinity.” Asia and the Pacific Policy Society.

Messinger, Sara. June 23, 2021. New York Times. “Are Masks a New Signifier of Social Class?”

Keshner, Andrew. 2020. Some Americans are more likely to socially distance and wear face masks than others — here’s why.

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