Law in Crisis : The Ecstatic Subject of Natural Disaster.
Title:
Law in Crisis : The Ecstatic Subject of Natural Disaster.
Author:
Miller, Ruth.
ISBN:
9780804772426
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (248 pages)
Series:
The Cultural Lives of Law
Contents:
Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Writing About Disaster: Metaphors in Crisis -- 3. The Gift of Life: Blood, Organs, and Viruses -- 4. Respect in Death: Ghouls and Corpses -- 5. Seismic Space: Camps, Cemeteries, Squares, and Monuments -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Law in Crisis is an unsettling history of natural disaster and political subject formation in the modern world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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