Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in context : literature, film and television
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Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in context : literature, film and television
(Palgrave pivot)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.127-132) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction: narrating Katrina in context
- Intertextuality, domesticity and the spaces of disaster in Salvage the bones and Zeitoun
- "Won't bow: don't know how": New Orealsn and American exceptionalism in Treme
- Disposability, criminality and lawlessness in Bad lieutnant: Port of call New Orleans, Beasts of the southern wild and When the levees broke - a requiem in four acts
- Conclusion: traumatic rupture and slow violence
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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."
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Narrating Katrina in Context.- 2. Intertextuality, Domesticity and the Spaces of Disaster in Salvage the Bones and Zeitoun.- 3. 'Won't Bow: Don't Know How': New Orleans and American Exceptionalism in Treme.- 4. Disposability, Criminality and Lawlessness in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Beasts of the Southern Wild and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
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