COLEG-204 Narrating ''Natural'' Disaster in the U.S.
This course explores the stories that get told (and those that don’t) about natural disasters, who tells those stories, and for what purposes. Focusing on 21st century catastrophes—both within and beyond U.S. borders—such as Hurricanes Katrina,and Maria, the Haiti earthquake, the Greensburg,KS tornado;the Indian Ocean tsunami;and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster,we will analyze how disaster narratives are shaped by race, class, economic and financial considerations, bureaucracies, science, technology, news media, and attempts to define America as a nation, a society, and a culture.
Writing-Intensive (18)
Credits
1
Offered
Spring