Old and new media after Katrina / edited by Diane Negra.

Contents Uncovering the bones : forensic approaches to Hurricane Katrina on contemporary crime / Lindsay Steenberg -- The Big Apple and The Big Easy : trauma, proximity, and home in new (and old) media / Joy V. Fuqua -- Expanded medium : National Public Radio and Katrina web memorials / Maria Pramaggiore -- Life preservers : the neoliberal enterprise of Hurricane Katrina survival in Trouble the water, House M.D., and When the levees broke / Jane Elliott -- Discovery Channel's reality-hybrid series : representing survival in the wake of Katrina / Andrew Goodridge -- Exile, return, and new economy subjectivity in Last holiday / Diana Negra -- Media artists, local activists, and outside activists : the case of Helen Hill / Dan Streible -- In desperate need (of a makeover) : the neoliberal project, the design expert, and the post-Katrina social body in distress / Brenda Weber -- From Mr. Pregnant to Mr. President : prepositioning Katrina online / Jeff Streible.
Abstract "This collection of essays explores the relationship between Hurricane Katrina and a range of media forms, assessing how mainstream and independent media have responded (sometimes innovatively, sometimes conservatively) to the political and social ruptures "Katrina" has come to represent. Looking closely at the organization of public memory of Katrina, this collection provides a timely and intellectually fruitful assessment of the complex ways in which media forms and national events are currently entangled. The contributors explore how Hurricane Katrina is positioned at the intersection of numerous early twenty-first century crisis narratives centralizing uncertainties about race, class, region, government and public safety"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2010007919
ISBN9780230102668 (hardback)
ISBN0230102662 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV636 2005.G85 O43 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold