Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times

Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires,...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1004602025-07-17T10:00:42Z Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times van Asperen, Hanneke Jensen, Lotte Disasters, culture, representation, identity, history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires, floods, and storms. Due to the ongoing climate crisis, extreme weather events will likely have ever greater impacts on our lives. This volume addresses cultural representations of catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and earthquakes over the centuries. In the past as now, artists and authors try to make sense of disasters, grasp their impact, and communicate moral, religious, or political messages. These creations reflect and shape how people learn and think about disasters that occur nearby or far away, both in time and space. The parallels between past and present underline how this book contributes to modern debates about cultural and creative strategies in response to disasters. 2023-06-06T05:19:59Z 2023-06-06T05:19:59Z 2023-06-05T13:01:50Z 2023 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63209 9789463725798 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/100460 eng Disaster Studies open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/63209/1/9789048557707.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/63209/1/9789048557707.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463725798 10.5117/9789463725798 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek da087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025 9789463725798 Dutch Research Council (NWO) 338 Amsterdam open access
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