Natural disasters and national identity : time, space and mythology / Brad West and Philip Smith.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Melbourne : Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand], 1997Description: [11] leaves : ill., mapsSubject(s): DDC classification:- 363.340994 21
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | P363.340994 NAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 011222031 |
From: Australian and New Zealand journal of socology, vol. 33, no. 2, August, 1997, pp. 205-215
Includes bibliographical references
Spiral bound
This article has examined discourses surrounding Australian natural disasters othen than drought: floods, earthquakes, cyclones and bushfires. The paper identifies three variables that constrain the risk and ritual orientations of natural disaster discourses - time, space and mythology. These variables explain why drought has a unique place among Australian natural disasters as the generator of a national solidaristic narrative
1
There are no comments on this title.