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Informationen zum Autor Michele Ruth Gamburd is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Portland State University. She is author of The Kitchen Spoon's Handle: Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids and Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka and editor (with Dennis B. McGilvray) of Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions. Klappentext Michele Ruth Gamburd is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Portland State University. She is author of The Kitchen Spoon¿s Handle: Transnationalism and Sri Lanka¿s Migrant Housemaids and Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka and editor (with Dennis B. McGilvray) of Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions. "[Provides] a rich human context to a catastrophic event too often reduced by statistics and policy analysis to an exemplary abstraction (or by sensationalism to a kind of voyeurism).... I can well imagine general readers picking it up to try to figure out why the tsunami was 'golden' and getting hooked by the many stories." --Mark Whitaker, University of Kentucky--Mark Whitaker, University of Kentucky Zusammenfassung In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, the author returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath. This book describes how catastrophe changed social identities, economic dynamics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Political Ethnography of DisasterWijitha's Story1. That day: Chaos and SolidarityDr. Priyanka's Story2. Deaths: Fate and VulnerabilityPradeep and Manoj's Story3. Short-term Camps: Chaos and the Crafting of OrderSumendra's Story4. Housing: Temporary Shelters, Permanent Homes, and the Buffer ZoneLalitha's Story5. Dangerous Liaisons: The Power, Peril, and Politics of Mediating between Donors and RecipientsJagath's Story6. Business Recovery: Tourism and ConstructionDayawansa's Story7. Reconstructing Class: Discourse on Theft, Loot, Cheating, and GiftsFazmina's Story8. The Politics of Corruption: Accusations and RebuttalsTharindu's Story9. Citizenship and Ethnicity: The Tsunami and the Civil WarConclusion...
