9/11: Culture, Catastrophe and the Critique of Singularity / / Diana Gonçalves.
Even though much has been said and written about 9/11, the work developed on this subject has mostly explored it as an unparalleled event, a turning point in history. This book wishes to look instead at how disruptive events promote a network of associations and how people resort to comparison as a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture & Conflict ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 244 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction: September 11 and the Critique of Singularity
- 1. The Rhetoric of Catastrophe: Towards Representing 9/11
- 2. Out of the Blue: The Exceptionality of 9/11
- 3. Covering Catastrophe: 9/11 as a Media Event
- 4. Collapsing the Boundaries of Literature: 9/11 Fiction
- Epilogue: Rereading September 11 as a Non-Singular Event
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index of Names