Is This America? - Katrina As Cultural Trauma

Informationen zum Autor RON EYERMANis a professor of sociology and codirector of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University. His previous books include Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity and Narrating Trauma: On the Impact of Collective Suffering. Klappentext Using cultural trauma theory, this book explores how a wide range of media and popular culture producers have challenged the meaning of Katrina, in which the massive failure of government officials to uphold the American social contract exposed the founda Zusammenfassung Using cultural trauma theory, this book explores how a wide range of media and popular culture producers have challenged the meaning of Katrina, in which the massive failure of government officials to uphold the American social contract exposed the founda Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. Breaking the Covenant2. Print Media3. Arts and Popular Culture4. Television CoverageConclusionNotesBibliographyAbout the Author and Series EditorIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ron Eyerman
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781477305478
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-0547-8
• No. of pages: 183
• Series: The Katrina Bookshelf; The Katrina Bookshelf
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology