An edition of Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context (2019)
Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context
Literature, Film and Television
By Arin Keeble
Publish Date
Jun 13, 2019
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Language
eng
Pages
143
Description:
This book analyzes six key narratives of Hurricane Katrina across literature, film and television from the literary fiction of Jesmyn War 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."