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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Thomson, David, 1941- author.     Subjects     Disasters -- Social aspects.     Disasters -- Psychological aspects.     Disaster films -- History and criticism.     Disasters -- In mass media.     Disasters in literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Thomson, David, 1941- author.       by title:      Disaster mon amour :...         MARC Display

Disaster mon amour : on our love affair with catastrophe, so long as it is happening to someone else / David Thomson. by Thomson, David, 1941- author. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] Subjects Disasters -- Social aspects.   Disasters -- Psychological aspects.   Disaster films -- History and criticism.   Disasters -- In mass media.   Disasters in literature. ISBN:  9780300246940 (hardcover) : 0300246943 (hardcover) Description:  212 pages ; 23 cm Contents:  Overture for Two Staircases -- In San Andreas -- Vag -- File Under "End of the World" -- In Aberfan -- Onlookerism -- All the News -- Pandemia Pandemonium -- Missteps in the Dark -- Across the Street -- The Numbers -- Our Road -- "Fuck Off, Disaster!" -- Necessity -- The Table -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  As anyone in the news business knows, audiences swell with the scale of disaster; humans have always been drawn to the rumors of our own demise. In this darkly comic book, noted film historian David Thomson examines iconic disasters, both real and fictional, exposing the slippage between what occurs and what we observe. Demonstrating how disasters become yet another commodity for our consumption, Thomson shows how digital culture sates our desire to witness chaos while suffering none of its aftereffects. Through classic movies such as San Andreas; eyewitness responses to real disasters such as the Aberfan coal mining disaster and the coronavirus pandemic; and media portrayals of disasters throughout history, Thomson pulls back the curtain to reveal why we love watching disaster unfold--but only if it happens to others.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 791.43655 Th Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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