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9/11: Culture, Catastrophe and the Critique of Singularity / Diana Gonçalves.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture & Conflict ; 9Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (IX, 244 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110473131
  • 9783110477245
  • 9783110477689
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.931
LOC classification:
  • HV6432.7
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Dissertation note: Dissertation Lisbon/Giessen 2013. Summary: 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 means to make sense of the unknown, i.e. to comprehend what seems incomprehensible. In order to effectively discuss the complexity of 9/11, this book articulates different fields of knowledge and perspectives such as visual culture, media studies, performance studies, critical theory, memory studies and literary studies to shed some light on 9/11 and analyze how the event has impacted on American social and cultural fabric and how the American society has come to terms with such a devastating event. A more in-depth study of Don DeLillo’s Falling Man and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close draws attention to the cultural construction of catastrophe and the plethora of cultural products 9/11 has inspired. It demonstrates how the event has been integrated into American culture and exemplifies what makes up the 9/11 imaginary.
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Dissertation Lisbon/Giessen 2013.

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

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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 means to make sense of the unknown, i.e. to comprehend what seems incomprehensible. In order to effectively discuss the complexity of 9/11, this book articulates different fields of knowledge and perspectives such as visual culture, media studies, performance studies, critical theory, memory studies and literary studies to shed some light on 9/11 and analyze how the event has impacted on American social and cultural fabric and how the American society has come to terms with such a devastating event. A more in-depth study of Don DeLillo’s Falling Man and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close draws attention to the cultural construction of catastrophe and the plethora of cultural products 9/11 has inspired. It demonstrates how the event has been integrated into American culture and exemplifies what makes up the 9/11 imaginary.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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