ISBN:
9781628924619
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 197 Seiten
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bell, Robert C., author America's disaster culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bell, Robert C. America's disaster culture
DDC:
303.48/50973
Keywords:
Natural disasters Social aspects
;
Disasters in literature
;
United States Social life and customs
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Pop-Kultur
;
Film
;
Katastrophe
Abstract:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the death of the natural disaster and the birth of disaster culture -- Trouble when the dust settles : narrative authority and Ken Burns -- Discourse disaste R: San Francisco earthquakes in 1906 and 1989 -- Natural disaster : September 11th, 2001 -- Gulf wars : the narratives of Iraq and New Orleans -- Sandy : subjectivity, celebrity, and social media -- The end of disaster capitalism : (a)bjection to (z)ombies of final disasters -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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