Consuming Katrina: Public Disaster and Personal Narrative

by Kate Parker Horigan

Book Overview

When and under what circumstances are disaster survivors able to speak for themselves in the public arena? In Consuming Katrina: Public Disaster and Personal Narrative, author Kate Parker Horigan shows how the public understands and remembers large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina, outlining which stories are remembered and why, as well as the impact on public memory and the survivors themselves.

Horigan discusses unique contexts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496828291
• ISBN13: 9781496828293
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"