Making a drama out of a crisis: Representing financial failure, or a tragedy in five acts

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Mcdowell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drama; Financial crisis; Irrationality; Masculinity; Representation; Story telling

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 79953117092     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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