Catastrophe & Spectacle von Martina Bengert | Variations of a Conceptual Relation from the 17th to the 21st Century | ISBN 9783958081222

Catastrophe & Spectacle

Variations of a Conceptual Relation from the 17th to the 21st Century

von Martina Bengert und weiteren, herausgegeben von Jörg Dünne, Gesine Hindemith und Judith Kasper
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinMartina Bengert
Autor / AutorinVittoria Borsò
Autor / AutorinDavide Caliaro
Autor / AutorinJörg Dünne
Autor / AutorinJean-Pierre Dupuy
Autor / AutorinJörn Etzold
Autor / AutorinGesine Hindemith
Autor / AutorinMarie-Hélène Huet
Autor / AutorinWalburga Hülk-Althoff
Autor / AutorinJudith Kasper
Autor / AutorinFrançoise Lavocat
Autor / AutorinBettine Menke
Autor / AutorinMarkus Ophälders
Autor / AutorinGiulia Palladini
Autor / AutorinKati Röttger
Autor / AutorinGianluca Solla
Autor / AutorinJohannes Ungelenk
Herausgegeben vonJörg Dünne
Herausgegeben vonGesine Hindemith
Herausgegeben vonJudith Kasper
Buchcover Catastrophe & Spectacle | Martina Bengert | EAN 9783958081222 | ISBN 3-95808-122-3 | ISBN 978-3-95808-122-2
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Catastrophe & Spectacle

Variations of a Conceptual Relation from the 17th to the 21st Century

von Martina Bengert und weiteren, herausgegeben von Jörg Dünne, Gesine Hindemith und Judith Kasper
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinMartina Bengert
Autor / AutorinVittoria Borsò
Autor / AutorinDavide Caliaro
Autor / AutorinJörg Dünne
Autor / AutorinJean-Pierre Dupuy
Autor / AutorinJörn Etzold
Autor / AutorinGesine Hindemith
Autor / AutorinMarie-Hélène Huet
Autor / AutorinWalburga Hülk-Althoff
Autor / AutorinJudith Kasper
Autor / AutorinFrançoise Lavocat
Autor / AutorinBettine Menke
Autor / AutorinMarkus Ophälders
Autor / AutorinGiulia Palladini
Autor / AutorinKati Röttger
Autor / AutorinGianluca Solla
Autor / AutorinJohannes Ungelenk
Herausgegeben vonJörg Dünne
Herausgegeben vonGesine Hindemith
Herausgegeben vonJudith Kasper

From epidemics in the 17th century and the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 to Guernica in World War II, the essays in this volume trace the development of the catastrophic imagination, relying heavily on pictorial media and different forms of staging. Catastrophe in its modern sense seems to be inextricably linked to its spectacular representation, be it on the stage, on screen or in popular amusement parks. But the modern relationship between catastrophe and spectacle is also increasingly confronting us with the unimaginable side of catastrophe, particularly with regard to the Holocaust and in more recent times to the daily experience of refugees.

The essays in this volume elucidate images of the catastrophes that have inspired them by providing a textual commentary that makes it possible to reconsider how the spectacular and the catastrophic are interrelated. Thus, the essays not only deal with the emergence of the modern spectacular imagination of catastrophe in terms of the history of both discourse and media, they also present themselves as a critique of catastrophe, one based on close readings of the scenes and images in question.