Disability and the Social Politics of “Natural” Disaster

The stories we tell about crisis and catastrophe often intensify structural violence, augmenting existing dynamics of racism, sexism, classism, and ableism. Disaster stories often reinforce cultural narratives of suffering womanhood and tragic stories of disability to portray people with disabilitie...

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Main Author: Belser, Julia Watts 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Worldviews
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Natural catastrophe / Narrative (Social sciences) / Political alienation / Handicap / Effects
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
ZB Sociology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Disability disaster structural violence gender Jewish ethics
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