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Angry earth : disaster in anthropological perspective / Edited by Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M Hoffman.

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TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Edition: Second editionDescription: 12 B/W Illustrations xv,402p. 25 cmSubject(s):

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363.34 ANG

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Contents:

Anthropology and the angry earth : an overview / Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith -- "What is a disaster?" : anthropological perspectives on a persistent question / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- The effects of explosive volcanism on ancient egalitarian, ranked, and stratified societies in middle America / Payson D. Sheets -- Convergent catastrophe : past patterns and future implications of collateral natural disasters in the Andes / Michael E. Moseley -- Peru's five-hundred-year earthquake : vulnerability in historical context / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Constructing vulnerability in the First World : the Northridge earthquake in Southern California, 1994 / Robert Bolin and Lois Stanford -- The negation of disaster : the media response to oil spills in Great Britain / Gregory V. Button -- The worst of times, the best of times : toward a model of cultural response to disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman -- The brotherhood of pain : theoretical and applied perspectives on post-disaster solidarity / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- The regenesis of traditional gender patterns in the wake of disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman -- Vulnerability, disaster, and survival in Bangladesh : three case studies / Mohammad Q. Zaman -- "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 R. McGoodwin -- Plan and pattern in reaction to earthquake : Peru, 1970-1998 / Paul L. Doughty -- Bhopal : vulnerability, routinization, and the chronic disaster / S. Ravi Rajan -- The Phoenix effect in post-disaster recovery : an analysis of the economic development administration's culture of response after Hurricane Andrew / Christopher L. Dyer -- After Altas shrugs : cultural change or persistence after a disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman.

Summary: "The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relationship between societies and their environments. From hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes to oil spills and nuclear accidents, disasters triggered by both natural and technological hazards have become increasingly frequent and destructive across the planet. Through case studies drawn from around the globe the contributors to this volume examine issues ranging from the social and political factors that set the stage for disaster, to the cultural processes experienced by survivors, to the long-term impact of disasters on culture and society. In the second edition, each chapter has been updated with a postscript to reflect on recent developments in the field. There is also new material on key present-day topics including epidemics, drought, non-governmental organizations, and displacement and resettlement. This book demonstrates the relevance of studying disaster from an anthropological perspective and is a valuable resource not only for anthropologists but for other fields concerned with education, policy and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	363.34 ANG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3504

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Anthropology and the angry earth : an overview / Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith --
"What is a disaster?" : anthropological perspectives on a persistent question / Anthony Oliver-Smith --
The effects of explosive volcanism on ancient egalitarian, ranked, and stratified societies in middle America / Payson D. Sheets --
Convergent catastrophe : past patterns and future implications of collateral natural disasters in the Andes / Michael E. Moseley --
Peru's five-hundred-year earthquake : vulnerability in historical context / Anthony Oliver-Smith --
Constructing vulnerability in the First World : the Northridge earthquake in Southern California, 1994 / Robert Bolin and Lois Stanford --
The negation of disaster : the media response to oil spills in Great Britain / Gregory V. Button --
The worst of times, the best of times : toward a model of cultural response to disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman --
The brotherhood of pain : theoretical and applied perspectives on post-disaster solidarity / Anthony Oliver-Smith --
The regenesis of traditional gender patterns in the wake of disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman --
Vulnerability, disaster, and survival in Bangladesh : three case studies / Mohammad Q. Zaman --
"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 R. McGoodwin --
Plan and pattern in reaction to earthquake : Peru, 1970-1998 / Paul L. Doughty --
Bhopal : vulnerability, routinization, and the chronic disaster / S. Ravi Rajan --
The Phoenix effect in post-disaster recovery : an analysis of the economic development administration's culture of response after Hurricane Andrew / Christopher L. Dyer --
After Altas shrugs : cultural change or persistence after a disaster / Susanna M. Hoffman.

"The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relationship between societies and their environments. From hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes to oil spills and nuclear accidents, disasters triggered by both natural and technological hazards have become increasingly frequent and destructive across the planet. Through case studies drawn from around the globe the contributors to this volume examine issues ranging from the social and political factors that set the stage for disaster, to the cultural processes experienced by survivors, to the long-term impact of disasters on culture and society. In the second edition, each chapter has been updated with a postscript to reflect on recent developments in the field. There is also new material on key present-day topics including epidemics, drought, non-governmental organizations, and displacement and resettlement. This book demonstrates the relevance of studying disaster from an anthropological perspective and is a valuable resource not only for anthropologists but for other fields concerned with education, policy and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

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