Old and New Media after Katrina

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: Old and New Media After Katrina....Pages 1-21
Uncovering the Bones: Forensic Approaches to Hurricane Katrina on Crime Television....Pages 23-40
The Big Apple and the Big Easy: Trauma, Proximity, and Home in New (and Old) Media....Pages 41-65
Expanded Medium: National Public Radio and Katrina Web Memorials....Pages 67-87
Life Preservers: The Neoliberal Enterprise of Hurricane Katrina Survival in Trouble the Water, House M.D., and When the Levees Broke ....Pages 89-111
Discovery Channel’s Nature-Reality Hybrid Shows: Representing Survival in the Wake of Katrina....Pages 113-129
Exile, Return, and New Economy Subjectivity in Last Holiday ....Pages 131-147
Media Artists, Local Activists, and Outsider Archivists: The Case of Helen Hill....Pages 149-174
In Desperate Need (of a Makeover): The Neoliberal Project, the Design Expert, and the Post-Katrina Social Body in Distress....Pages 175-201
From Mr. Pregnant to Mr. President: Prepositioning Katrina Online....Pages 203-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-251