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

Keeble, Arin

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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
Acceptance Date May 23, 2019
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