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9780719077005

The Social and Cultural Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK in 2001 Experiences and Analyses

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719077005

  • ISBN10:

    0719077001

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-07-22
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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List Price: $120.00

Summary

The 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic in the UK, during which millions of animals were culled over a nine-month period, had a devastating and long-lasting impact on individuals and communities. In 2002, the European Parliament noted that policymakers need to have a better understanding of the social and psychological impact of such events on adults and children, on farmers and non-farmers. Although many studies about FMD have been published since 2001, this is the first to offer a detailed examination of the various ways in which the outbreak affected the fabric of rural life and rural culture across classes and across generations. Drawing on the experiences of farmers, the media, artists, writers, children and churches, this collection provides a space for academic inquiry, political and poetic reflection and artistic expression.

Author Biography

Martin Döring is Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment, University of Hamburg. Brigitte Nerlich is Professor of Science, Language and Society at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

List of figuresp. ix
List of tablesp. xi
List of contributorsp. xiii
Prefacep. xv
List of abbreviationsp. xvii
Introduction and historical overview
From mayhem to meaning: an introduction to the cultural meaning of the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UKp. 3
The historical roots of FMD control in Britain, 1839-2001p. 19
Experiences expressed
Farmers/writers: 'They may be experts but they know nowt'p. 37
Farmers/writers: FMD and the abuse of democratic process - a farmer's perspectivep. 51
Media: FMD in the West Country and the role of the Western Morning Newsp. 67
Artists and photographers: picturing experiencesp. 75
Experiences analysed
Farmers and valuers: divisions and divisiveness and the social cost of FMD - a sociological analysis of FMD in one localityp. 81
Churches: the response of local churches to FMDp. 95
Children: 'Mary had a little lamb ...'- trauma, stress and coping during the 2001 FMD crisis, as seen through the medium of children's poemsp. 114
Experiences, contexts, analysis
Biosecurity: idyllic England in millennial Britainp. 133
Life changes: altered lifescapesp. 150
Technology: FMD 2001 - lessons emerging from county council websitesp. 172
Technology: the information and social needs of Cumbrian farmers during the UK 2001 FMD outbreak and the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs)p. 186
Media: conceptualising FMD - the socio-cultural role of metaphors, frames and narrativesp. 200
Rumour: viral cows and viral culture? Towards an explanation of rumour in the 2001 UK outbreak of FMDp. 215
Disaster: a further species of trouble? Disaster and narrativep. 229
Epilogue
Speaking truth to power: FMD and the future of agriculture and its communitiesp. 245
Indexp. 259
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