UID:
edoccha_9960005032402883
Format:
1 online resource (166 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-00-326166-3
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1-000-54076-6
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1-003-26166-3
Content:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note:
Understanding epidemics through the cinematic lens -- Societal responses to epidemics: immorality and resistance -- Suspicious minds: cinematic depiction of distrust during epidemics -- Bridging the gap: epidemics, public health workers, and "heroism" in cinematic perspective -- From spreaders to sacrifice: cinematic representation of women during epidemics -- Between urban depravity and rural backwardness: cinematic depiction of poverty during epidemics -- Conclusion: epidemics and cinema in an age of COVID-19 -- Appendix: filmography of films depicting epidemics.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-03-220520-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-03-219966-0
Language:
English
