After the Storm : The Cultural Politics of Hurricane Katrina
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| Title: | After the Storm : The Cultural Politics of Hurricane Katrina |
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| Description: | »After the Storm« traces the cultural and political responses to Hurricane Katrina. Ever since Katrina hit the Gulf coast in 2005, its devastating consequences for the region, for New Orleans, and the United States have been negotiated in a growing number of cultural productions – among them Spike Lee's documentary film »When the Levees Broke«, David Simon and Eric Overmyer's TV series »Treme«, or Natasha Trethewey's poetry collection »Beyond Katrina«. This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives on these and other approaches to Hurricane Katrina and puts special emphasis on the intersections of the categories race and class. |
| Authors: | Simon Dickel, Evangelia Kindinger |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Emergency management--Political aspects--Louisiana, Emergency management--Political aspects--United States, Disaster relief--Political aspects--United States, Disaster relief--Political aspects--Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Political aspects--United States, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--In literature, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--United States |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | »After the Storm« traces the cultural and political responses to Hurricane Katrina. Ever since Katrina hit the Gulf coast in 2005, its devastating consequences for the region, for New Orleans, and the United States have been negotiated in a growing number of cultural productions – among them Spike Lee's documentary film »When the Levees Broke«, David Simon and Eric Overmyer's TV series »Treme«, or Natasha Trethewey's poetry collection »Beyond Katrina«. This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives on these and other approaches to Hurricane Katrina and puts special emphasis on the intersections of the categories race and class. |
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| ISBN: | 9783837628937 9783839428931 |
