A Spectacular Catastrophe
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A Spectacular Catastrophe
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Author : Dushka Zapata
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-04-29
A Spectacular Catastrophe written by Dushka Zapata and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-29 with categories.
When Dushka Zapata comes across any perspective in life that she finds useful or that contributes to her suffering less, she writes about it. This book is a collection of those lessons she hopes prove useful to others. This book is not intended to be read cover to cover but rather in snippets of time across the day.
Catastrophe Spectacle
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Author : Martina Bengert
language : en
Publisher: Neofelis Verlag
Release Date : 2018-02-14
Catastrophe Spectacle written by Martina Bengert and has been published by Neofelis Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Social Science categories.
From epidemics in the 17th century and the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 to Guernica in World War II, the essays in this volume trace the development of the catastrophic imagination, relying heavily on pictorial media and different forms of staging. Catastrophe in its modern sense seems to be inextricably linked to its spectacular representation, be it on the stage, on screen or in popular amusement parks. But the modern relationship between catastrophe and spectacle is also increasingly confronting us with the unimaginable side of catastrophe, particularly with regard to the Holocaust and in more recent times to the daily experience of refugees. The essays in this volume elucidate images of the catastrophes that have inspired them by providing a textual commentary that makes it possible to reconsider how the spectacular and the catastrophic are interrelated. Thus, the essays not only deal with the emergence of the modern spectacular imagination of catastrophe in terms of the history of both discourse and media, they also present themselves as a critique of catastrophe, one based on close readings of the scenes and images in question.
The Next Catastrophe
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Author : Charles Perrow
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-27
The Next Catastrophe written by Charles Perrow and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-27 with Nature categories.
Crucial insights into how to make society safer are offered in this penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers society faces today and what must be done to confront them.
How To Be Ferociously Happy
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Author : Dushka Zapata
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-05-01
How To Be Ferociously Happy written by Dushka Zapata and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with categories.
When you were born you took deep breaths right away. You proceeded to accomplish truly complicated things: you learned to talk and walk and write. Language is complex and daunting and you did it. You already come equipped to be good at many things. The ability to pick them up is part of your original composition. Trust that.
Catastrophe Spectacle
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Author : Gesine Hindemith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-02
Catastrophe Spectacle written by Gesine Hindemith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with Disasters in art categories.
From epidemics in the 17th century, through the Lisbon earthquake in 1755, and to Guernica in World War II, the essays of this volume show how a catastrophic imagination, heavily based on pictorial media and forms of staging, has developed since the early modern period. Thus, the catastrophe in its modern sense seems to be inextricably linked to its spectacular appearance, be it on stage, on screen, or in popular amusement parks. But increasingly, the modern relation between catastrophe and spectacle also confronts us with the unimaginable of invisible catastrophes, such as the Holocaust, and as is now seen to a large extent in the daily catastrophe of refugees suffering shipwrecks while trying in vain to reach European coasts. The essays of this volume touch upon the question of how a spectacular imagination of catastrophe is breaking ground with respect to discourse and media history. In their commentary function, these texts elucidate the images of catastrophes that inspire them. The interaction between the catastrophic scene and the text comments makes it possible to reconsider how the spectacular and the catastrophic are inter-related. Furthermore, the articles not only deal with the spectacularisation of the catastrophic, but also try to present themselves as a type of catastrophe criticism that is derived from the philological readings of the corresponding scenes. There is the underlying ambition for a critical philology of the catastrophe which, in a Benjaminian sense, demonstrates 'small leaps' within the catastrophic continuum and in which the catastrophe is confronted by other figures of thought, such as the disaster according to Maurice Blanchot. [Subject: History, Natural Disasters, Cultural Anthropology]
Catastrophe And Catharsis
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Author : Katharina Gerstenberger
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2015
Catastrophe And Catharsis written by Katharina Gerstenberger and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Literary Criticism categories.
Destroying human habitat and taking human lives, disasters, be they natural, man-made, or a combination, threaten large populations, even entire nations and societies. They also disrupt the existing order and cause discontinuity in our sense of self and our perceptions of the world. To restore order, not only must human beings be rescued and affected areas rebuilt, but the reality of the catastrophe must also be transformed into narrative. The essays in this collection examine representations of disaster in literature, film, and mass media in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to the present. Topics include the Lisbon earthquake, the Paris Commune, the Hamburg and Dresden fire-bombings in the Second World War, nuclear disasters in Alexander Kluge's films, the filmic aesthetics of catastrophe, Yoko Tawada's lectures on the Fukushima disaster and Christa Wolf's novel Störfall in light of that same disaster, Joseph Haslinger and the tsunami of 2004, traditions regarding avalanche disaster in the Tyrol, and the problems and implications of defining disaster. Contributors: Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Yasemin Dayioglu-Yücel, Janine Hartman, Jan Hinrichsen, Claudia Jerzak, Lars Koch, Franz Mauelshagen, Tanja Nusser, Torsten Pflugmacher, Christoph Weber. Katharina Gerstenberger is Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah. Tanja Nusser is DAAD Visiting Associate Professor of German at the University of Cincinnati.
Climate Change Ecological Catastrophe And The Contemporary Postcolonial Novel
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Author : Justyna Poray-Wybranowska
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-21
Climate Change Ecological Catastrophe And The Contemporary Postcolonial Novel written by Justyna Poray-Wybranowska and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Climate Change, Ecological Catastrophe, and the Contemporary Novel responds to the critical need for transdisciplinary research on the relationship between colonialism and catastrophe. It represents the first sustained analysis of the connection between colonial legacy and present-day ecological catastrophe in postcolonial fiction. Analyzing contemporary South Asian and South Pacific novels that grapple with climate change and catastrophe, environmental exploitation and instability, and human-nonhuman relationships in degraded environments, it offers a much-needed corrective to dominant narratives about climate, crisis, and the everyday. Highlighting the contributions of literary fiction from the postcolonial South to the growing field of the environmental humanities, this book reconsiders the novel’s relationship with climate change and the contemporary environmental imaginary. Counter to dominant current theoretical discourses, it demonstrates that the novel form is ideally suited to literary and imaginative engagements with climate change and ecological catastrophe. The six case studies it examines connect contemporary ecological vulnerability to colonial legacies, reveal the critical role animals and the environment play in literary imaginations of post-catastrophe recovery, and together constellate a decolonial perspective on ecological catastrophe in the era of climate change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous authors and scholars who write about and against the Anthropocene, this book displaces conventional ways of thinking about the relationship between the mundane and the catastrophic and promotes greater dialogue between the largely siloed fields of postcolonial, Indigenous, and disaster studies.
Writing Arctic Disaster
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Author : Adriana Craciun
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-10
Writing Arctic Disaster written by Adriana Craciun and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with History categories.
This fascinating study examines how Victorian fixation on disastrous Northwest Passage expeditions has conditioned our understanding of the Arctic and Polar exploration.
Disaster Movies
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Author : Stephen Keane
language : en
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Release Date : 2006
Disaster Movies written by Stephen Keane and has been published by Wallflower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Performing Arts categories.
Through detailed analysis of films such as The Towering Inferno, Independence Day, Titanic and The Day After Tomorrow, this book looks at the ways in which disaster movies can be read in relation to both contextual considerations and the increasing commercial demands of contemporary Hollywood. Featuring new material on cinematic representations of disaster in the wake of 9/11 and how we might regard disaster movies in light of recent natural disasters, the volume explores the continual reworking of this previously undervalued genre.
Pacific Northwest Flood
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Pacific Northwest Flood written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Disaster relief categories.