Unmasked: Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji

by Emily Mendenhall

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826504523
• ISBN13: 9780826504524
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.9"