Qijun Han, Daniel R. Curtis

Infectious Inequalities (eBook, PDF)

Epidemics, Trust, and Social Vulnerabilities in Cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000540765
• Artikelnr.: 63129364

Autorenporträt

Qijun Han is Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (China). She has published widely in film, media, and cultural studies in journals such as Cultural and Social History; Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television; Critical Arts; Continuum; Gender and History; Visual Studies; and many more.

Daniel R. Curtis is Associate Professor at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands). He has published widely in social and environmental history in journals such as Economic History Review; Speculum; Journal of Social History; Environment and History; American Journal of Physical Anthropology; Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Medical Humanities; and many more.

Inhaltsangabe

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