Angry Earth

Angry Earth

Disaster in Anthropological Perspective

Hoffman, Susanna; Oliver Smith, Anthony

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2019

402

Dura

Inglês

9781138237834

15 a 20 dias

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List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Note on Contributors

Introduction to the Second Edition of The Angry Earth: From Introduction to Widespread Reception (Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith)

Introduction to the First Edition. Anthropology and the Angry Earth: An Overview (Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith)

I. DISASTERS, ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE






What is a Disaster? Anthropological Perspectives on a Persistent Question (Anthony Oliver-Smith)
Postscript: Hazards of Nature, Disasters of Society

II. ENVIRONMENTAL PATTERN, HAZARDS AND CULTURE: THE ARCHEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE




Convergent Catastrophes: Geoarcheological Perspectives on Collateral Natural Disasters and Cultural Change in the Central Andes (Michael E. Moseley)
Postscript: Convergent Catastrophe: Past Patterns and Future Implications of Collateral natural Disaster in the Andres




Explosive Volcanic Eruptions and Societal Responses: A Comparative Archeological Study in Middle America (Payson Sheets)
Postscript: When the Natural Hazard Becomes a Cultural Disaster

III. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF CATASTROPHE




Peru's Five-Hundred Year Earthquake: Vulnerability in Historical Context (Anthony Oliver-Smith)
Postscript: The Five Hundred Year Earthquake: Seeking Root Causes and Deep Drivers




Examining Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: A Comparative Analysis of Four Southern California Communities After the Northridge Earthquake (Lois Stanford and Robert Bolin)
Postscript: Vulnerability Then and Now




The Negation of a Disaster: The Media Response to Oils Spills in Great Britain (Gregory V. Button)

Postscript: Continued Disavowal and The Advent of Social Media

IV. HOW CULTURES RESPOND






"The Worst of Times, the Best of Times": Toward a Model of Cultural Response to Disaster (Susanna M. Hoffman)
Postscript: Behind the States and Act Four: More to the Worst of Times, the Best of Times Model




Vulnerability, Disaster, and Survival in Bangladesh: Three Case Studies (Mohammad Q. Zaman)
Postscript: Integrated Approach to Risk Reduction and Development




"Tell Them We're Hurting": Hurricane Andrew, the Culture of Response, and the Fishing Peoples of South Florida and Louisiana (Christopher L. Dyer and James M. McGoodwin)
Postscript: Recognizing the Diversity of Disaster Impacts: The Need for Response Protocols, Anticipation, and Human Rights




Epidemics and Disasters: From the Venezuela Delta Amacuro to the Mississippi Wetlands (Charles Briggs and Anne M. Lovell)



Drought: A Challenge to Livelihoods, Sustainability, and Resilience (J. Terrence McCabe and Amy Quandt)



The Brotherhood of Pain: Emotion and Social Organization in the Crisis of Disaster (Anthony Oliver-Smith)
Postscript: Communitas and Resilience




The Regenesis of Traditional Gender Patterns in the Wake of Disaster (Susanna M. Hoffman)
Postscript: Still With Us After all These Years; But Slowly Changing

V. AGENCIES, SURVIVORS AND CULTURE




Plan and Pattern in Reaction to Earthquake: Peru, 1970-1998 (Paul L. Doughty)
Postscript: Revisiting a Scene of Disaster, Again




Bhopal and Beyond: An Anthropology of Relief and Rehabilitation Efforts and Prospects for a Socially Relevant Political Ecology of Disaster Management (Ravi Rajan)
Postscript: The Bhopal Gas Disaster Three Decades On




The Phoenix Effect in Post-Disaster Recovery: An Analysis of the Economic Development Administration's Culture of Response After Hurricane Andrew (Christopher L. Dyer)
Postscript: The Phoenix Effect Revisited: Hurricane Andrew, South Florida, and the Rise of Punctuated Entropy




Disaster Anthropology in Non-Governmental Organizations (Adam Koons)



Disaster and Climate Change-related Displacements and Resettlements: Cultural and Political Ecologies of Space, Power, and Practice (A.J. Faas, Roberto Barrios, Elizabeth Marino, and Julie Maldonado)
VI. DISASTER AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY




Islands on an Angry Earth: Climate Change, Disasters, and Implications for Two Island Communities (Heather Lazrus and Carlos Arenas)



After Atlas Shrugs: Cultural Persistence and Perpetuation in the Context of Disaster (Susanna Hoffman)

Postscript: The Question of Culture Continuity and Change After a Disaster Twenty Years Later

Index
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San Juaneros;disaster;FEMA;research;Lake Ilopango;hurricane;ENSO Activity;andrew;Vice Versa;victims;Artificial Reefs;political;Social Reproduction;ecology;Contemporary Society;recovery;Sea Empress Spill;richter;ENSO Event;scale;United Nations International Decade;natural disasters;Spiny Lobster;long-term impact;Above Ground;displacement and resettlement;Disaster Risk Reduction;technological hazards;Angry Earth;Convergent Catastrophes;De Huaylas;Displaced People;Revolving Loan Fund;Exxon Valdez Oil Spill;Andean Cordilleras;Coastal Embankment;Arenal Volcano;Ventura County;Simanjiro District