Representing the Unimaginable: Narratives of Disaster

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Title:
Representing The Unimaginable: Narratives Of Disaster
ISBN13:
9783631556733
ISBN10:
363155673X
Author:
Stock, Angela (Editor), Stott, Cornelia (Editor)
Description:
Finding Words And Images With Which To Describe And Come To Terms With A Disaster Is A Psychological Necessity, But It Also Inevitably Manifests Socio-Cultural Habits Of Thought And Political Interests Language Shapes, Distorts And Appropriates An Occurrence That Is Not Just A Shocking And All Too Real Destruction Of Life, Property And The Environment, But Also A Social Construct The 'Unrepresentability' Of The Experience Of A Disaster And The Textuality Of The Represented Event - And Thus Also The Contradictions, Ruptures And Silences Inevitably Created By The Tensions Between 'Reality' And 'Representation' - Are The Focus Of The Essays Collected In This Volume Thirteen Contributions By Internationally Active Researchers In The Fields Of Literary And Cultural Studies, History, Sociology And Philosophy Provide Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The Ways In Which We Write And Think About The Unimaginable
Binding:
Paperback, Paperback
Publisher:
PETER LANG
Publication Date:
2007-05-01
Weight:
0.55 lbs
Dimensions:
0.4'' H x 8.9'' L x 5.9'' W
Number of Pages:
226
Language:
English