This book analyzes six key narratives of Hurricane Katrina across literature, film and television from the literary fiction of Jesmyn Ward to the cinema of Spike Lee. It argues that these texts engage with the human tragedy and political fallout of the Katrina crisis while simultaneously responding...

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1. Verfasser:	Keeble, Arin 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2019]
Schriftenreihe:	Palgrave pivot
Schlagworte:	Katrina > Hurrikan, Motiv Fernsehserie Film Literatur USA
Zusammenfassung:	This book analyzes six key narratives of Hurricane Katrina across literature, film and television from the literary fiction of Jesmyn Ward to the cinema of Spike Lee. It argues that these texts engage with the human tragedy and political fallout of the Katrina crisis while simultaneously responding to issues that have characterized the wider, George W. Bush era of American history; notably the aftermath of 9/11 and ensuing War on Terror. In doing so it recognizes important challenges to trauma studies as an interpretive framework, opening up a discussion of the overlaps between traumatic rupture and systemic or, "slow violence."
Beschreibung:	vii, 136 Seiten
ISBN:	9783030163525