Weathering the world : recovery in the wake of the tsunami in a Tamil fishing village /: recovery in the wake of the tsunami in a Tamil fishing village. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frida Hastrup.
• Other Names: Hastrup, Frida
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Processing Disaster and Recovery The Disaster and the Everyday Local Worlds and Recovery Figure and Ground in Disaster Anthropology Transformation and Future Trajectories Book Outline Chapter 2. The Field: Entrance and Emergence Arrival Emergent Fields Mapping Place and People Fieldwork on Foot A Walk around the Village The Lay of the Land Chapter 3. The Dwelling: Homes and Hazards Build Back Better Bereavement and Moving on Homing In Chapter 4. On Forecasting: Wind and Water Weather or Not The Landfall of Disaster Dropping the Anchor Forecasts and Precautions In a Climate of Changing Tides Chapter 5. Responsibility: Agents and Agencies Local Level Humanitarian Support On the Limits of Community Recuperating Subjects Chapter 6. Confusing Hardships: Onslaught and Opportunity In Need of Repair Certifying the Future The Ties That Bind Rallying for Safety Projecting Progress Chapter 7. Materialisations of Loss: Monument and Memory Monumental Memories The Materiality of Loss On New Plots Chapter 8. Everyday Life: Tsunami Time Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 150 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.34/94095482; Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; Tsunamis -- India -- Tamil Nadu; Natural disasters -- India -- Tamil Nadu; Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; Natural disasters -- India -- Tamil Nadu; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Environmental conditions; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Social conditions; Tsunamis -- India -- Tamil Nadu; History; Social Science; NATURE -- Natural Disasters; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General; Ecology; Natural disasters; Social conditions; Tsunamis; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Social conditions; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Environmental conditions; India -- Tamil Nadu; Indian Ocean; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857452009; 0857452002
• Related ISBNs: 9780857451996
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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