Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context: Literature, Film and Television

Keeble, Arin

Abstract

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.”

Citation

Keeble, A. (2019). Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context: Literature, Film and Television. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16353-2

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Online Publication Date: Jun 3, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Jul 31, 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• ISBN: 9783030163525; 9783030163532
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16353-2
• Keywords: Hurricane, Natural disaster, Nationalism, 9/11, Cultural trauma, Dave Eggers, David Simon, Hurricane Katrina
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1860210
• Contract Date: May 23, 2019