Catastrophe and Culture The Anthropology of Disaster

Name: Catastrophe and Culture The Anthropology of Disaster
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ISBN: 9781930618152

ISBN-10: 1930618158

ISBN-13: 9781930618152

Edition: 2002

Authors: Susanna M. Hoffman, Anthony Oliver-Smith

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At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclearmeltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press/SAR Press
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.04" wide x 8.99" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Map	p. 2
Introduction: Why Anthropologists Should Study Disasters	p. 3
Theorizing Disasters: Nature, Power, and Culture	p. 23
Historical Disaster Research	p. 49
Danger and the No-Risk Thesis	p. 67
Bounding Uncertainty: The Post-Chernobyl Culture of Radiation Protection Experts	p. 91
The Monster and the Mother: The Symbolism of Disaster	p. 113
Popular Media Reframing of Man-Made Disasters: A Cautionary Tale	p. 143
Punctuated Entropy as Culture-Induced Change: The Case of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill	p. 159
Modeling Protracted Drought, Collateral Natural Disaster, and Human Responses in the Andes	p. 187
Impact of and Response to Drought among Turkana Pastoralists: Implications for Anthropological Theory and Hazards Research	p. 213
Missing Expertise, Categorical Politics, and Chronic Disasters: The Case of Bhopal	p. 237
References	p. 261
Index	p. 293
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