Disaster Culture: Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe

ISBN-13: 9781598743883 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 311 str.

Gregory Button

Opis

Drawing on decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities, Button shows how states, corporations, and other actors attempt to create meaning and control social relations in post-disaster struggles for the redistribution of power.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: A Sea of Uncertainty; 2: Uncertainty and Social Conflict over Animal Rescue; 3: “What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You”; 4: “Damaged by Katrina, Ruined By Murphy Oil”; 5: Knowledge Withheld; 6: “What We Don't Know Can't Hurt You”; 7: Mediated Disaster Narratives; 8: Contested Knowledge; 9: The Production of Uncertainty; 10: Sequestered Knowledge; 11: A Gulf of Uncertainty

O autorze

Gregory Button