Weathering the World : : Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village / / Frida Hastrup.
The Asian tsunami in December 2004 severely affected people in coastal regions all around the Indian Ocean. This book provides the first in-depth ethnography of the disaster and its effects on a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India. The author explores how the villagers have lived with the tsunami i...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Processing Disaster and Recovery
- 2. The Field: Entrance and Emergence
- 3. The Dwelling: Homes and Hazards
- 4. On Forecasting: Wind and Water
- 5. Responsibility: Agents and Agencies
- 6. Confusing Hardships: Onslaught and Opportunity
- 7. Materialisations of Loss: Monument and Memory
- 8. Everyday Life: Tsunami Time
- Bibliography
- Index