Infectious inequalities : epidemics, trust, and social vulnerabilities in cinema /

This book explores societal vulnerabilities highlighted within cinema and develops an interpretive framework for understanding the depiction of societal responses to epidemic disease outbreaks across cinematic history. Drawing on a large database of twentieth- and twenty-first-century films depictin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Han, Qijun (Author), Curtis, Daniel R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Epidemics in motion pictures. Trust in motion pictures. Vulnerability (Personality trait) in motion pictures. Equality in motion pictures. Epidemics > Social aspects. Vulnerability (Personality trait) > Social aspects. Vulnérabilité (Trait de personnalité) au cinéma. Vulnérabilité (Trait de personnalité) > Aspect social. Épidémies > Aspect social. ART > General. Epidemics in motion pictures Epidemics > Social aspects Vulnerability (Personality trait) in motion pictures Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Understanding Epidemics through the Cinematic Lens 2. Societal Responses to Epidemics: Immorality and Resistance 3. Suspicious Minds: Cinematic Depiction of Distrust during Epidemics 4. Bridging the Gap: Epidemics, Public Health Workers, and "Heroism" in Cinematic Perspective 5. From Spreaders to Sacrifice: Cinematic Representation of Women during Epidemic 6. Between Urban Depravity and Rural Backwardness: Cinematic Depiction of Poverty during Epidemics 7. Conclusion: Epidemics and Cinema in an Age of COVID-19