Chapter Catastrophes, the Imaginary and Citizenship The Production of the Other and the Singularity of Experience.of Risk

• Main Author: Mendes, José Manuel (auth)
• Other Authors: Capeloa Gil, Isabel (Editor), Wulf, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2015
• Subjects: Literary studies: general; Society & social sciences; Cultural studies; Media studies; Disaster; catastrophe; risk future
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This article reflects on the relationship between the media and the construction of publics, taking these to be based on identities and the processes of creating identities activated in concrete, well-defined contexts. This relationship, which is complex and defined by power dynamics, allows spaces,...