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020			_a9781316217269 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aQC903 _b.S589 2015
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100	1		_aSmith, Philip _q(Philip Daniel), _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aClimate change as social drama : _bglobal warming in the public sphere / _cPhilip Smith, Nicolas Howe.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: the problem of climate change; 2. Climate change as social drama; 3. Narrating global warming; 4. An inconvenient truth: the power of ethos; 5. Climate change art: an illustrative failure?; 6. 'Climategate' and other controversies; 7. The climate conference as theatre; 8. Local dramas: the places of climate change; 9. Conclusion: the show must go on.
520			_aClimate change is not just a scientific fact, nor merely a social and political problem. It is also a set of stories and characters that amount to a social drama. This drama, as much as hard scientific or political realities, shapes perception of the problem. Drs Smith and Howe use the perspective of cultural sociology and Aristotle's timeless theories about narrative and rhetoric to explore this meaningful and visible surface of climate change in the public sphere. Whereas most research wants to explain barriers to awareness, here we switch the agenda to look at the moments when global warming actually gets attention. Chapters consider struggles over apocalyptic scenarios, explain the success of Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth, unpack the deeper social meanings of the climate conference and 'Climategate', critique failed advertising campaigns and climate art, and question the much touted transformative potential of natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aGlobal warming _xPublic opinion.
700	1		_aHowe, Nicolas C., _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107103559
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316217269
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