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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795077603321

Autore

Schweitzer Dahlia

Titolo

Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / / Dahlia Schweitzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-8135-9316-6

0-8135-9318-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

SOC057000PER004030SOC052000

Disciplina

791.43615

Soggetti

Epidemics in mass media

Apocalypse in mass media

Mass media - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Post apocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives



and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions.  Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it.   Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822326603321

Autore

Bassnett Susan

Titolo

Feminist experiences : the women's movement in four cultures / / Susan Bassnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08504-3

1-283-84727-2

1-136-19553-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions : feminist theory ; ; Volume 11

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory

Disciplina

305.4/2

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Feminism - United States

Feminism - Italy

Feminism - Great Britain

Feminism - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1986 by Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FEMINIST EXPERIENCESThe Women's Movement in Four Cultures; Copyright; FEMINIST EXPERIENCESThe Women's Movement in Four Cultures; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction;



Chapter 1 The United States; Chapter 2 The German Democratic Republic; Chapter 3 Italy; Chapter 4 Britain; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Women's Movement is usually referred to as if it were a constant, global phenomenon. There are women's movements in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, India, Japan and Australia, and many women and men assume that they are regional manifestations of the same thing, and share a common core.Susan Bassnett has lived and been involved in the struggles of the women's movement in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom, and has had extensive contacts with feminists in the German Democratic Republic. On the basis of her personal experiences and study of wo

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910566445803321

Autore

Fondazione ISMU [organisation]

Titolo

Ventisettesimo Rapporto sulle migrazioni 2021

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milan, : FrancoAngeli, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Soggetti

Migration, immigration & emigration

Refugees & political asylum

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The ISMU annual Report on migration enters its 27th edition in 2022. Over time, the Report has become a useful reference for people working on migration, both within and outside Italy. This edition analyzes both the impact of the pandemic on migration flows and immigrants and the consequences of the Afghan crisis on migration. As the health emergency subsided in the second half of 2021, public interest on migration resurfaced along with the challenges that migration poses to Italy and the European Union. In addition to the



traditional areas of interest (health, work, education, and the legal framework) and to statistical aspects (ISMU estimates that 5,576,000 foreigners live permanently in Italy as of 1st January 2021), the 27th edition of the Report devotes particular attention to the attitudes and orientations of Italian people towards migration, as well as to the experience of migrant women in terms of discrimination and positive valorization. The volume contains in-depth studies on refugees and humanitarian action, on how migration affected local elections, on alternatives to detention, and on foster care for unaccompanied foreign minors. Finally, special attention is devoted to Europe - especially to new directions in EU migration policy after Merkel - and the world - especially bilateral political initiatives involving African countries.