Infectious Inequalities: Epidemics, Trust, and Social Vulnerabilities in Cinema

ISBN-13: 9781032199665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 156 str.

Qijun Han; Daniel R. Curtis

Opis

This book explores societal vulnerabilities highlighted within cinema and develops an interpretive framework for understanding the depiction of societal responses to epidemic disease outbreaks across cinematic history.

Spis treści

1. Understanding Epidemics through the Cinematic Lens  2. Societal Responses to Epidemics: Immorality and Resistance  3. Suspicious Minds: Cinematic Depiction of Distrust during Epidemics  4. Bridging the Gap: Epidemics, Public Health Workers, and "Heroism" in Cinematic Perspective  5. From Spreaders to Sacrifice: Cinematic Representation of Women during Epidemic  6. Between Urban Depravity and Rural Backwardness: Cinematic Depiction of Poverty during Epidemics  7. Conclusion: Epidemics and Cinema in an Age of COVID-19