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By Diane Negra

Ten years after typhoon Katrina, this considerate number of essays displays at the dating among the catastrophe and various media types. The exams the following show how mainstream and self sufficient media have answered (sometimes innovatively, occasionally conservatively) to the political and social ruptures "Katrina" has come to symbolize. The individuals discover how storm Katrina is located on the intersection of various early twenty-first century main issue narratives centralizing uncertainties approximately race, classification, quarter, govt, and public safeguard. taking a look heavily on the association of public reminiscence of Katrina, this assortment presents a well timed and intellectually fruitful evaluation of the advanced ways that media varieties and nationwide occasions are hopelessly entangled.

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