TY  - GEN
T1  - Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times
A2  - van Asperen, Hanneke
LA  - eng
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-100460
AB  - Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires, floods, and storms. Due to the ongoing climate crisis, extreme weather events will likely have ever greater impacts on our lives.
This volume addresses cultural representations of catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and earthquakes over the centuries. In the past as now, artists and authors try to make sense of disasters, grasp their impact, and communicate moral, religious, or political messages. These creations reflect and shape how people learn and think about disasters that occur nearby or far away, both in time and space. The parallels between past and present underline how this book contributes to modern debates about cultural and creative strategies in response to disasters.
SN  - 9789463725798
KW  - Disasters, culture, representation, identity, history
KW  - thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
KW  - thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
KW  - thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters
ER  -