Infectious inequalities: epidemics, trust, and social vulnerabilities in cinema
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Beteiligte Personen: Han, Qijun (VerfasserIn), Curtis, Daniel R. 1985- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
Schriftenreihe:China perspectives
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Links:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003261667
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74928
Abstract:"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. Drawing on a large database of twentieth- and twenty-first-century films depicting epidemics, the study looks into issues including trust, distrust, and mistrust; different epidemic experiences down the lines of expertise, gender, and wealth; and the difficulties in visualizing the invisible pathogen on screen. The authors argue that epidemics have long been presented in cinema as forming a point of cohesion for the communities portrayed, as individuals and groups "from below" represented as characters in these films find solidarity in a common enemy comprising of elite institutions and authority figures. Throughout the book, a central question is also posed: "cohesion for whom?", which sheds light on the inequality and contingency of the depicted subjects and embodiment of the characters. This book is a valuable reference for scholars and students of film studies and visual studies as well as academic and general readers interested in topics of films and history, and disease and society"--
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (X, 156 Seiten)
ISBN:9781003261667
1000540766
1003261663
9781000540765
DOI:10.4324/9781003261667